In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G and the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 48 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G.
The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
2,048 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock
1.469 GHz
1.156 GHz
Boost Clock
1.545 GHz
1.471 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.156 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP
220 W
210 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
37 dB
Noise (Load)
--
49 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G.
The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Length
278 mm
280 mm
Height
143 mm
127 mm
Width
40 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
873 g
1,090 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is 278 mm long, 143 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.
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 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +37.7 %
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.
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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