XFX Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX 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 XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

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

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra is based on the graphics chip Navi 10, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip Navi 10
GCN 5 Architecture RDNA 1
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3584 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.565 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 210 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

210 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) 42 dB

Connectivity

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

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
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

With the XFX 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 XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
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 / Encode

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 280 mm
127 mm Height 148 mm
40 mm Width 44 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

RX-VEGMLBFX6 Part-no RX-57XL8LBD6
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2019
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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

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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
63 fps (avg)

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)

XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 XFX Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 XFX Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 XFX Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra
8 GB GDDR6
137 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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