Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1600 MHz on this particular card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator 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
Radeon RX 460		5595 points
	Difference: 15416 (276%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should theoretically be much better than the Radeon RX 460 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 307430 (274%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (approximately 324%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 197904 (324%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be a lot (about 324%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56544 (324%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.