GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which features GPU core speed of 1156 MHz, and 8192 MB of HBM2 RAM running at 1600 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also features 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX Vega 56		21011 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 17981 (593%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX Vega 56 is 227% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 291302 (227%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (more or less 471%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 213584 (471%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be a lot (about 185%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48064 (185%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.