AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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 1 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1471 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • 954.9x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13154 vs 12920
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 71252
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 184.405 vs 142.691
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1765.06 vs 1729.558
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 13339
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 13339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 1471 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13154 vs 12920
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 vs 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 vs 1729.558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
  • 1053.2x better floating-point performance: 11,059 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 797 vs 769
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.693 vs 12.606
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 111.376 vs 79.32
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1396.172 vs 1022.925
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 11,059 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 797 vs 769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.693 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.376 vs 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1396.172 vs 1022.925

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13154
12920
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
769
797
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163998
71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.405
142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765.06
1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.606
12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.32
111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.925
1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3353
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 13154 12920
PassMark - G2D Mark 769 797
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1497

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Vega 10 Vega 10
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 14 August 2017 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 226 228
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1471 MHz 1350 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz 1250 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs 11,059 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 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 345.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 12,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s 402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1572 MHz
Memory type HBM2 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