AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Overall performance looks solid and RX Vega 56 is certainly a GTX 1070 contender, even if it has rocked up to the fight banging its chest over a year late. It's certainly good that we finally have some competition at these higher price points, but we feel like if you’re going to come to the party an entire product cycle late, you kind of have to hit it out of the park.
– As reviewed by TechSpot on Aug 2017
GCN 5.0 (Vega)
Architecture
Midrange
Product Tier
3584
Shader Cores
64
ROPs
224
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
8 GB
Memory
HBM2
Memory Type
410 GB/s
Bandwidth
210 W
TDP
$350
Price
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Aug 14, 2017 | Price at Launch: | $399 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | GCN 5.0 (Vega) |
| Generation: | RX Vega Series | Product Tier: | Midrange |
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Total Board Power: | 210 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 3584 | TMUs: | 224 |
| ROPs: | 64 | L2 Cache: | 4 MB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 8 GB | Memory Type: | HBM2 |
| Memory Speed: | 1.6 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 2048-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 410 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 1.15 GHz | Boost Clock: | 1.47 GHz |
| FP32 Throughput: | 10.5 TFLOPs | Ray Tracing: | No |
| Process Size: | 14nm | Process Name: | GlobalFoundries 14LPP |
| Die Size: | 495 mm² | ||
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 210 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 2.0b |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.4a | DSC: | 1.2 |
| Max Displays: | 4 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 6.7 |
| Vulkan Version: | 1.3 | OpenGL Version: | 4.6 |
GPU Benchmarks
GPU benchmark scores are aggregated from dozens of tests conducted in TechSpot's labs, compiled from our full library of GPU reviews and gaming benchmarks. Scores are normalized to a shared baseline and organized by resolution, covering rasterized workloads exclusively. Ray tracing and upscaling technologies are disabled to guarantee consistent, like-for-like comparisons.
[GPU] 1440p Gaming
[GPU] 4K Gaming
Price History
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 pricing
| Price | Date | |
| Current | $349 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Highest* | $599 | May 14, 2025 |
| Lowest* | $349 | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Average | $415 | |
* Prices are based on listings from Newegg and other major retailers over the past 12+ months.
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