PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 and the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which has 10496 shaders and 82 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
3584 Shader 10496
64 Render Output Units 112
256 Texture Units 328
0 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 24 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6X
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is 1.395 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.74 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has a TDP of 420 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

210 W TDP 420 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 92 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 102 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is 330 mm long, 142 mm high and 58 mm wide.

280 mm Length 330 mm
127 mm Height 142 mm
40 mm Width 58 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,499 $ (Reference).

AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-3DH Part-no 39NXM5MD1JNA
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2020
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,499 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 8 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

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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