GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
vs
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
GCN 5 Architecture GCN 5
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
4096 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

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

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

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.406 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.156 GHz.

1.406 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.677 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is 345 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

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

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

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

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Radial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 37 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 Vega 64 Watercooling 8G.

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 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 Vega 64 Watercooling 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is 283 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

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

283 mm Length 280 mm
130 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

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

GV-RXVEGA64X W-8GD-B Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2017
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
14 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

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 Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
8 GB HBM2
69 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
8 GB HBM2
100 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
8 GB HBM2
139 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
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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