AMD RX Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD RX Vega 56 and AMD Radeon RX 580, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  56 36
• Shader
  3584 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  256 144

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 2 GHz

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD RX Vega 56 and AMD Radeon RX 580. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.156 GHz 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.471 GHz 1.340 GHz

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

• TDP
  210 W 185 W

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

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12.1 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD RX Vega 56.

• Manufacturer
  AMD AMD
• Architecture
  GCN 5 GCN 4
• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2017