AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 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
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8904 vs 3717
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7694 vs 3361
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8904 vs 3717
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7694 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 vs 14 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 vs 3361

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1471 MHz vs 1265 MHz
  • Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 182.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13228 vs 8796
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 490
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 55161
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 11117
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 11117
  • Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6879 vs 5931
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1471 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 182.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13228 vs 8796
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 490
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 55161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 11117
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6879 vs 5931

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8796
13228
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
490
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
55161
163998
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5931
6879
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600M AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 8796 13228
PassMark - G2D Mark 490 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 55161 163998
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11117 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11117 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5931 6879
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600M AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 10 Vega 10
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 14 August 2017
Place in performance rating 222 224
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1265 MHz 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2304 3584
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s 330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 12,500 million
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
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 support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Length 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
OpenCL 2.0
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 12000 MHz 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