AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 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 Vega 56
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1156 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 1289.1x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 256.0 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
| Launch date | 14 August 2017 vs 12 December 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 1156 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 330.00 GTexel/s vs 256.0 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
- Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
- 780.2x better floating-point performance: 8,192 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
- Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 210 Watt
| Pipelines | 4096 vs 3584 |
| Floating-point performance | 8,192 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt vs 210 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
| Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 13093 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 768 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 163998 | |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1501 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | Vega 10 | Fiji |
| Design | Radeon RX Vega Series | |
| Launch date | 14 August 2017 | 12 December 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Place in performance rating | 224 | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1471 MHz | |
| Compute units | 56 | |
| Core clock speed | 1156 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 10.5 TFLOPs | 8,192 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 21 TFLOPs | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 10.5 TFLOPs | |
| Pipelines | 3584 | 4096 |
| Pixel fill rate | 94.00 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 64 | |
| Stream Processors | 3584 | |
| Texture fill rate | 330.00 GTexel/s | 256.0 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 256 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 210 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Transistor count | 12,500 million | 8,900 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 152 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 650 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 410 GB/s | 512.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 2048 bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory type | HBM2 | HBM |
Technologies |
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| 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 | ||
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