AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5700 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 5700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1465 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14341 vs 13093
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 878 vs 768
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 209.509 vs 184.405
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3686.851 vs 1765.06
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.941 vs 12.606
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 250 vs 79.32
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1036.448 vs 1022.925
  • Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1862 vs 1501
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed 1465 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1725 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 210 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14341 vs 13093
PassMark - G2D Mark 878 vs 768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 209.509 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3686.851 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.941 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 250 vs 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1036.448 vs 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366 vs 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1862 vs 1501

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • 1328.5x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 66313
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 11536
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 11536
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 66313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 11536

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14341
13093
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
878
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
66313
163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
209.509
184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686.851
1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.941
12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
250
79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1036.448
1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11536
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11536
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1862
1501
Name AMD Radeon RX 5700 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 14341 13093
PassMark - G2D Mark 878 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 66313 163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 209.509 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3686.851 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.941 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 250 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1036.448 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11536 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11536 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1862 1501

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5700 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 10 Vega 10
Launch date 7 July 2019 14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $399
Place in performance rating 201 224
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1725 MHz 1471 MHz
Compute units 36 56
Core clock speed 1465 MHz 1156 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.9 TFLOPs 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.95 TFLOPs 10.5 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 110.4 GP/s 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64 64
Stream Processors 2304 3584
Texture fill rate 248.4 GT/s 330.00 GTexel/s
Texture Units 144 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 10.3 B 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 3584

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin 2x 8-pin
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore