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.
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: 16660 vs 13228
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 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 | 16660 vs 13228 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 784 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 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 91667
- 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 91667 |
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon VII | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 16660 | 13228 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 784 | 768 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 91667 | 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 | |
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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 | 225 | 224 |
Price now | $699.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 32.74 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 | 12 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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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 |
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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 |