CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max
236 EFps +3% 229 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max
78 EFps 110 EFps Much Better GTAV EFps.
+41%
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max
98 EFps 138 EFps Much Better Overwatch EFps.
+41%
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max
94 EFps 127 EFps Much Better PUBG EFps.
+35%
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max
117 EFps 157 EFps Much Better Fortnite EFps.
+34%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 346,961 user samples
92,053 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
Worst Bench: 71% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 71% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 93rd / 714
254,908 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 104% Sapphire(1DA2 E409)
Worst Bench: 91% Asus(1043 05AD) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 91% Great: 104%
SPEED RANK: 66th / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
78 % 98.3 % Faster effective speed.
+26%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
98.3 fps 124 fps Better lighting effects.
+26%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
105 fps 139 fps Much better reflection handling.
+32%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
88.6 fps 118 fps Much faster multi rendering.
+33%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
114 fps 140 fps Faster NBody calculation.
+23%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
109 fps 133 fps Better peak lighting effects.
+22%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
112 fps 146 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+30%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
94.1 fps 122 fps Faster peak multi rendering.
+30%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
128 fps 151 fps Faster peak NBody calculation.
+18%
Market Share
Based on 67,426,706 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.05 % 0.32 % Hugely higher market share.
+540%
Value
Value For Money
109 % Better value.
+17%
93.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
58 % 58 %
Price
Price (score)
$170 Much cheaper.
+32%
$250
Age
Newest
80 Months 57 Months More recent.
+29%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
175 fps 229 fps Much better peak texture detail.
+31%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
77.6 fps 98.2 fps Faster peak complex splatting.
+27%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
155 fps 205 fps Much better texture detail.
+32%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
74.5 fps 94.3 fps Faster complex splatting.
+27%
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The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the weakest member of AMD's Vega GPU family. The Vega architecture is built on 14 nm silicon and contains next-generation compute units (nCUs). Each NCU houses 64 steam processors, of which the Vega 56 has 3584 vs. 4096 in the Vega 64. The new architecture employs 8GB of second generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM2). In terms of compatibility all of the games we tested were fine apart from GTAV where enabling reflection MSAA resulted in very poor, almost matt, reflection fidelity (the same bug appeared on several Navi and Vega cards). Although the Vega 56 has 12.5% less processing units, users have found that by flashing an RX 64 BIOS into an RX 56 card allows a 10% increase in OC headroom which effectively brings a BIOS flashed RX 56 onto par with a stock RX 64 and just 12.5% slower than a fully overclocked RX 64. All of this OC headroom is great on paper but in the real world the reference Vega 56 is far too noisy. Hair dryer levels of noise at stock clocks are unacceptable for most users. Provided you are partially deaf or happy to use noise canceling headphones the Vega 56 “can” deliver levels of performance that approach an RTX 2060 but prices need to drop below $200 before the Vega 56 is competitive. [Nov '19 GPUPro]

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Out of the box the reference 5700 XT has high burst speeds but under load it overheats and therefore drops frames to the extent that it is more or less unusable for demanding games like PUBG. In order to settle the card it was under volted by 120 mV and the maximum clock was lowered to 1,980 MHz (the stock BIOS and 19.9.1 driver defaulted the card to 2,030 MHz). The fan curve also had to be turned up to around 50% power at 75 degrees (which is a lot noisier than stock). After making these changes the card delivered far more consistent performance albeit with a reduced top speed and unacceptable (hair dryer) levels of noise. There were also incompatibilities with GTAV: enabling reflection MSAA resulted in very poor, almost matt, reflection fidelity (the same bug appeared on several Navi and Vega cards). The reference 5700 XT is great for beating cherry picked benchmarks, but it is not so great for playing games. Thousands of people, duped by sponsored marketing material, purchased the reference card expecting flagship performance, instead they got a shopping trolley with a V6 engine. It appears that the same marketing tactics were employed for the reference Vega 56 and 64 series of graphics cards which we will purchase for our gaming lab and generate effective Fps gaming metrics as soon as possible (results here). AMD appear to have very short term marketing strategists at the helm, they seem more concerned with this years bonuses than the longevity of the brand. [Jul '19 GPUPro]

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Graphics Card Rankings (Price vs Performance) April 2024 GPU Rankings

We calculate effective 3D speed which estimates gaming performance for the top 12 games. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield value for money. Our figures are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top GPUs. [GPUPro]

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