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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Graphics Processor
Vega 10
Cores
3584
TMUs
224
ROPs
64
Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Bus Width
2048 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
I/O
I/O
PCB Front
PCB Front
PCB Back
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The Radeon RX Vega 56 is a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on August 14th, 2017. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Vega 10 graphics processor, in its Vega 10 XL variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX Vega 56. The Vega 10 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 495 mm² and 12,500 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX Vega 64, which uses the same GPU but has all 4096 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX Vega 56 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB HBM2 memory with the Radeon RX Vega 56, which are connected using a 2048-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1156 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1471 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 210 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX Vega 56 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 280 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 399 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Vega 10
GPU Variant
Vega 10 XL
(215-0894216)
Architecture
GCN 5.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
12,500 million
Density
25.3M / mm²
Die Size
495 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-2013

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 14th, 2017
Generation
Vega
(RX Vega)
Predecessor
Polaris
Successor
Navi
Production
Active
Launch Price
399 USD
Current Price
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
23 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
667%
GeForce RTX 4090
509%
GeForce RTX 5080
440%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
392%
GeForce RTX 4080
389%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
389%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
383%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
366%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
335%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
329%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
328%
Radeon RX 9070
328%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
301%
GeForce RTX 5070
298%
GeForce RTX 3090
293%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
289%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
280%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
276%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
271%
GeForce RTX 4070
268%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
265%
GeForce RTX 3080
261%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
260%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
251%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
233%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
231%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
228%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
221%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
221%
Radeon RX 6800
213%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
212%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
209%
GeForce RTX 3070
206%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
205%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
204%
GeForce RTX 5060
200%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
181%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
177%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
165%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
163%
GeForce RTX 4060
163%
Arc B580
163%
GeForce RTX 5050
158%
GeForce RTX 2080
157%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
154%
Radeon RX 7600
154%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
146%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
145%
Arc A770
144%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
139%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
137%
Radeon VII
137%
Arc A750
134%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
131%
GeForce RTX 2070
129%
Radeon RX 6600
123%
Arc A580
120%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
120%
Radeon RX Vega 64
115%
GeForce RTX 2060
111%
Radeon RX 5700
110%
GeForce GTX 1080
108%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
106%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
105%
Radeon RX Vega 56
100%
GeForce GTX 1070
96%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
91%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
91%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
86%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
86%
Radeon R9 FURY X
85%
GeForce GTX 1660
84%
Radeon RX 590
79%
Radeon R9 FURY
77%
GeForce GTX 980
76%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
76%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
75%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74%
Radeon RX 580
73%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
72%
Radeon R9 390X
71%
GeForce GTX 690
70%
Radeon RX 480
69%
Radeon HD 7990
69%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67%
GeForce GTX 970
66%
Radeon R9 290X
66%
Radeon R9 390
65%
Radeon RX 570
64%
Radeon R9 290
60%
Radeon RX 470
60%
GeForce GTX 1650
56%
Radeon RX 6400
55%
Arc A380
54%
GeForce GTX 780
54%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
49%
GeForce GTX 590
49%
Radeon R9 280X
48%
Radeon HD 6990
47%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
45%
GeForce GTX 680
44%
Radeon R9 380
43%
Radeon HD 7970
43%
GeForce GTX 770
43%
Radeon R9 285
43%
GeForce GTX 960
42%
GeForce GTX 670
41%
Radeon HD 5970
37%
GeForce GTX 1630
37%
Radeon HD 7950
36%
GeForce GTX 1050
36%
GeForce GTX 760
36%
GeForce GTX 580
36%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
35%
Radeon R9 270X
35%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
34%
GeForce GTX 950
34%
Radeon RX 560
32%
GeForce GTX 570
31%
GeForce GTX 660
31%
Radeon RX 460
31%
Radeon R7 370
31%
Radeon HD 6970
30%
GeForce GTX 480
29%
Radeon HD 7850
28%
GeForce GTX 295
28%
Radeon HD 6950
27%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
27%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
26%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
26%
Radeon HD 5870
25%
Radeon HD 6870
24%
GeForce GTX 470
23%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
22%
Radeon HD 5850
21%
GeForce GTX 285
20%
Radeon HD 6850
20%
GeForce GTX 280
18%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
18%
GeForce GTX 275
18%
GeForce GT 1030
18%
GeForce GTX 460
18%
Radeon HD 4890
17%
Radeon HD 6790
17%
Radeon HD 5830
16%
GeForce GTX 650
15%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
15%
Radeon HD 4870
15%
GeForce GTX 260
15%
Radeon HD 5770
14%
Radeon HD 7750
14%
Radeon HD 5750
13%
GeForce GTS 450
12%
GeForce GTS 250
12%
Radeon HD 4850
11%
Radeon HD 4770
11%
Radeon HD 4830
10%
Radeon HD 6670
10%
GeForce 9800 GT
10%
GeForce GT 640
9%
Radeon HD 5670
9%
GeForce 9600 GT
8%
GeForce GT 240
7%
GeForce GT 440
7%
Radeon HD 4670
7%
Radeon HD 5570
6%
GeForce GT 430
6%
GeForce GT 220
5%
GeForce GT 520
4%
Radeon HD 6450
3%
Radeon HD 5450
3%
Radeon HD 4550
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
2%
GeForce 210
1%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1156 MHz
Boost Clock
1471 MHz
SOC Clock
960 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Memory Bus
2048 bit
Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
3584
TMUs
224
ROPs
64
Compute Units
56
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
94.14 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
329.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
21.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float)
10.54 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
659.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
280 mm
11 inches
Width
111 mm
4.4 inches
Height
40 mm
1.6 inches
TDP
210 W
Suggested PSU
550 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
Board Number
109-D05057-00_02

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Vega 10 GPU Notes

Generation: Vega
Codename: Greenland
Graphics/Compute: 9.0.1
Shader ISA: GFX9 (gfx900 / gfx901)
Display Core Engine: 12.0
Unified Video Decoder: 7.0
Video Compression Engine: 4.0
System DMA: 4.0.0
Platform Security Processor: 9.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.4.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12)
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4

Retail boards based on this design (27)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1297 MHz 1573 MHz 800 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1297 MHz 1573 MHz 800 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1308 MHz 1526 MHz 800 MHz 316 mm/12.4 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1177 MHz 1478 MHz 800 MHz 316 mm/12.4 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1170 MHz 1501 MHz 800 MHz 3x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1181 MHz 1520 MHz 800 MHz
1308 MHz 1526 MHz 800 MHz 316 mm/12.4 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1177 MHz 1478 MHz 800 MHz 316 mm/12.4 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz 170 mm/6.7 inches
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz 170 mm/6.7 inches
1266 MHz 1550 MHz 800 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1305 MHz 1572 MHz 800 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1208 MHz 1512 MHz 800 MHz 282 mm/11.1 inches
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz 240 mm/9.4 inches
1156 MHz 1471 MHz 800 MHz
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