GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
vs
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G and the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GPU Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
RDNA 1 Architecture GCN 5
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
1408 Shader 3584
32 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 1.156 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G.

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 225 mm long, 119 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

225 mm Length 280 mm
119 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

GV-R55XTOC-8GD Part-no VAVAL5VM88
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2017
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet 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

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
112 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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