GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip Navi 10 XT
GCN 5 Architecture RDNA 1
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
3584 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is 1.650 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.905 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

210 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) 335 W
100 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G has 3 Windforce (Axial) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Windforce (Axial)
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) 44 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 Vega 56 8G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
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 Vega 56 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is 280 mm long, 114 mm high and 50 mm wide.

280 mm Length 280 mm
127 mm Height 114 mm
40 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 429 $.

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Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2019
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 429 $
14 nm Structure size 7 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

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
149 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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