Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
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Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G Benchmark and Specs

Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 1.471 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.
FP32
10.54TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.47GHz
Memory
8GB HBM2
TDP
210 W

Technical details

GPU

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is equipped with 56 execution and 3584 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS is achieved.

GPU Chip
Vega 10 XL (GCN 5)
Streaming Multiprocessors
56
Shader
3584
Render Output Units
64
Texture Units
256

Memory

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a 2048 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s is achieved. In total, 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit

Clock Speeds

The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G with 1.156 GHz (base clock) or with 1.471 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.

Base Clock
1.156 GHz
Boost Clock
1.471 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 2 x 8-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

TDP
210 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is equipped with 1 Radial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
37 dB
Noise (Load)
49 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the -- version.

Max. Displays
4
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4

Featureset

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_1.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.

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

Dimensions

The dimensions of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G are 280 mm in length, 127 mm in height and 40 mm in width. Thus 2 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.

Length
280 mm
Height
127 mm
Width
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1090 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is manufactured in a structure width of 14 nm and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q3/2017.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q3/2017
Launch Price
399 $ (Reference)
Structure size
14 nm
Part-no
VAVAL5VM88
Documents
data sheet
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
1.156 GHz · 8 GB · 210 W TDP
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Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 3,109 / 4,595

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    43 fps (avg)
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,181 / 4,594

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    80 fps (avg)
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    93 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,171 / 4,601

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    112 fps (avg)
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    125 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 Rank 3,583 / 5,255

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    60,539
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    60,539

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,451 / 5,233

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    63,794
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    63,794

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 424 / 750

  1. Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8GBiostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G8 GB HBM2
    71,932
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    71,932

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