AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13685 vs 13296
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 880 vs 774
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.909 vs 184.405
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3560.776 vs 1765.06
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.486 vs 12.606
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 148.938 vs 79.32
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1111.648 vs 1022.925
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7709 vs 6875
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 14 August 2017
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13685 vs 13296
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 vs 774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 vs 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 vs 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 vs 6875

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1156 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 224.6 GTexel/s
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 64858
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 13621
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 13621
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1156 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 224.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 64858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13685
13296
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
880
774
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64858
163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.909
184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3560.776
1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.486
12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.938
79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1111.648
1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7709
6875
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 13685 13296
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 774
Geekbench - OpenCL 64858 163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 6875

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 10 XLE Vega 10
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $399
Place in performance rating 193 211
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1471 MHz
Compute units 36 56
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 2304 3584
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s 94.00 GP/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s 330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 10300 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, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2

Technologies

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