AMD Radeon Pro Vega II vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega II and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega II

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1574 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1720 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 440.3 GTexel/s vs 330.00 GTexel/s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16149 vs 14462
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16149 vs 14462
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15475 vs 13296
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Dec 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed 1574 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1720 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Texture fill rate 440.3 GTexel/s vs 330.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4096 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1612 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16149 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16149 vs 14462
PassMark - G3D Mark 15475 vs 13296

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 475 Watt
  • Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 99542
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3100
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3100
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2813
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2813
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 768
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 475 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 99542
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 2813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 2813
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 vs 768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega II
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
99542
163998
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16149
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16149
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3100
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3100
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2813
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2813
3361
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
768
774
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15475
13296
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega II AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 99542 163998
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16149 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16149 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3100 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3100 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2813 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2813 3361
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 774
PassMark - G3D Mark 15475 13296
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6875

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.1 GCN 5.0
Code name Vega 20 Vega 10
Launch date Dec 2019 14 August 2017
Place in performance rating 166 211
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1720 MHz 1471 MHz
Compute units 64 56
Core clock speed 1574 MHz 1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 880.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 28.18 TFLOPS (2:1) 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 14.09 TFLOPS 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 4096 3584
Pixel fill rate 110.1 GPixel/s 94.00 GP/s
Texture fill rate 440.3 GTexel/s 330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 475 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 13230 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture Units 256

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 850 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 825.3 GB/s 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 bit 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 1612 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type HBM2 HBM2

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore