MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G and the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

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

Memory

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

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC 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
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC is 1.181 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.181 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.520 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 3 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

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

210 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
49 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is 270 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC is 270 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide.

270 mm Length 270 mm
110 mm Height 110 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1068 g Weight 1068 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

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

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Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2017
399 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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