AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs NVIDIA TITAN Xp

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and NVIDIA TITAN Xp 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 4 month(s) later
  • 869.1x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 379.7 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 65368
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 79.32 vs 43.083
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 10966
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3686
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3343
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 10966
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3686
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 6 April 2017
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 379.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 65368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 vs 43.083
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3343

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA TITAN Xp

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1405 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • 1157.1x better floating-point performance: 12,150 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • 7.1x more memory clock speed: 11408 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17881 vs 13295
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 934 vs 774
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 256.103 vs 184.405
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2513.321 vs 1765.06
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.708 vs 12.606
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1139.382 vs 1022.925
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10148 vs 6875
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1405 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 12,150 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 11408 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17881 vs 13295
PassMark - G2D Mark 934 vs 774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 256.103 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2513.321 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.708 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1139.382 vs 1022.925
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10148 vs 6875

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: NVIDIA TITAN Xp

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13295
17881
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
774
934
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163998
65368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.405
256.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765.06
2513.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.606
19.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.32
43.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.925
1139.382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6875
10148
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA TITAN Xp
PassMark - G3D Mark 13295 17881
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 934
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 65368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 256.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 2513.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 19.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 43.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 1139.382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 10966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6875 10148

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 NVIDIA TITAN Xp

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP102
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 14 August 2017 6 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $1,199
Place in performance rating 211 212
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $1,200
Value for money (0-100) 15.97

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1471 MHz 1582 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz 1405 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs 12,150 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3584 3840
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s 379.7 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 11,800 million

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 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s 547.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 11408 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5X

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