ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming 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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.297 GHz+ 12 % 1.208 GHz+ 4 %
• Boost Clock
  1.573 GHz+ 7 % 1.512 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W+ 43 % 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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• 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
  1 --
• 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
  ASUS Aura Sync 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
  298 mm 282 mm
• Height
  139 mm 125 mm
• Width
  53 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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming.

• 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
  AREZ-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING 11276-01-40G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet