Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56. The graphics card is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has 56 execution units with 3584 shaders.
FP32
11.11TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.55GHz
Memory
8GB HBM2
TDP
325 W

Technical details

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 11.11 TFLOPS.

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

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 can use 8 GB graphics memory of the type HBM2. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s on a 2048 bit wide memory interface.

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 base clock frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.266 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.266 GHz+10 %
Boost Clock
1.550 GHz+5 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 325 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP
325 W+55 %
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 92 mm
Fan 2
1 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.

Max. Displays
4
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4

Featureset

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 310 mm long and 133 mm high. With a width of 54 mm, the graphics card requires 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
310 mm
Height
133 mm
Width
54 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 made in 14 nm was published in Q3/2017 for 399 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q3/2017
Launch Price
399 $ (Reference)
Structure size
14 nm
Part-no
11276-01-40G
Documents
data sheet
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
1.266 GHz · 8 GB · 325 W TDP
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Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 2,948 / 4,595

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    45 fps (avg)
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,087 / 4,594

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    84 fps (avg)
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    93 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,050 / 4,601

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    118 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 3,480 / 5,255

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    63,813
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    60,539

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,260 / 5,233

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    67,244
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    63,794

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 417 / 750

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 568 GB HBM2
    75,822
  2. AMD RX Vega 56AMD RX Vega 56Average of gpu group
    71,932

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