AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and AMD Radeon RX Vega videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon RX Vega

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 973 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1073 MHz
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67658 vs 32333

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 973 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67658 vs 32333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

32333

67658

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Geekbench - OpenCL	32333	67658
PassMark - G3D Mark		12297
PassMark - G2D Mark		882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.3
Code name	Ellesmere	Greenland
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	1 April 2017
Place in performance rating	720	238
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599.99
Price now		$409.99
Value for money (0-100)		38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		9,830 gflops
Pipelines		4096
Texture fill rate		307.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	2000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		512 GB / s
Memory bus width		2048 Bit
Memory type		HBM2