ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
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ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.57 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.27 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
GCN 5 Architecture GCN 5
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
3584 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type HBM2
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is 1.573 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.297 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 12 %
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.573 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

210 W TDP 300 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 43 %
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version --
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

280 mm Length 298 mm
127 mm Height 139 mm
40 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

RXVEGA56-8G Part-no ROG-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2017
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming
8 GB HBM2
120 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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