The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
336 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
192 bit
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Base Clock
1.156 GHz
1.280 GHz
Boost Clock
1.471 GHz
1.620 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.50 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX is 1.620 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
TDP
210 W
160 W
TDP (up)
--
195 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G 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 MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
37 dB
28 dB
Noise (Load)
49 dB
33 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
MSI Mystic Light
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
Length
280 mm
297 mm
Height
127 mm
141 mm
Width
40 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,090 g
922 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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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.
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