Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which features clock speeds of 1156 MHz on the GPU, and 1600 MHz on the 8192 MB of HBM2 memory. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon RX 5600 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 75366 (22%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is quite a bit (approximately 31%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 60944 (31%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is superior to the Radeon RX Vega 56, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14016 (19%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.