Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 AMD RX Vega 56
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL Vega 10 XL
• Execution units
  56 56
• Shader
  3584 3584
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  256 256

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 HBM2
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 0.8 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  410 GB/s 410 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 2048 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.266 GHz+ 10 % 1.208 GHz+ 4 %
• Boost Clock
  1.550 GHz+ 5 % 1.512 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  325 W+ 55 % 280 W+ 33 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 92 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  1 x 80 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- --
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  310 mm 282 mm
• Height
  133 mm 125 mm
• Width
  54 mm 50 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  11276-01-40G 11276-01-40G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet