MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL Navi 33 XT (RDNA 3)
• Shader
  3584 2048
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  256 128

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.181 GHz+ 2 % 1.900 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.520 GHz+ 3 % 2.600 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.400 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  210 W 200 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin --

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Radial --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  1 x 80 mm --
• Noise (Idle)
  37 dB 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  49 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- --
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b --
• DP Ports
  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_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  270 mm --
• Height
  110 mm --
• Width
  40 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  1068 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 2023
• Structure size
  14 nm 6 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet --