Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
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SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
GCN 5 Architecture GCN 4
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
3584 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 16
256 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.208 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.512 GHz Boost Clock 1.300 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 280 W.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 90 W.

280 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

282 mm Length 210 mm
125 mm Height 112 mm
50 mm Width 36 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

11276-01-40G Part-no 11267-00
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2017
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (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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