AMD Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII 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.

AMD Radeon VII

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16604 vs 13197
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 786 vs 768
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 184.405
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 1765.06
Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 12.606
Around 36% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9325 vs 6879

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 February 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Pipelines	3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604 vs 13197
PassMark - G2D Mark	786 vs 768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	206.353 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4659.199 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.606 vs 12.606
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9325 vs 6879

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

763.5x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 91887
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 79.32 vs 69.256
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 499.927
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 11724
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 11724

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998 vs 91887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.32 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1022.925 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14462 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14462 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16604

13197

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

786

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91887

163998

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

206.353

184.405

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4659.199

1765.06

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.606

12.606

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69.256

79.32

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

499.927

1022.925

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11724

14462

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11724

14462

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9325

6879

Name	AMD Radeon VII	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604	13197
PassMark - G2D Mark	786	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	91887	163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	206.353	184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4659.199	1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.606	12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	69.256	79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	499.927	1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11724	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11724	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9325	6879

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon VII	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.1	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 20	Vega 10
Design	AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega	Radeon RX Vega Series
GCN generation	5th Gen
Launch date	7 February 2019	14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$399
Place in performance rating	224	225
Price now	$699.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	32.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz	1471 MHz
Compute units	60	56
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	27.7 TFLOPs	21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.8 TFLOPs	10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines	3840	3584
Pixel fill rate	115.26 GP/s	94.00 GP/s
Stream Processors	3840	3584
Texture fill rate	432.24 GT/s	330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	210 Watt
Transistor count	13,230 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		10.5 TFLOPs
Render output units		64
Texture Units		256
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	305 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 W	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1024 GB/s	410 GB/s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1600 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