Radeon R9 Nano vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1156 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1600 MHz. It also uses a 2048-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 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
Radeon R9 Nano		14918 points
	Difference: 6093 (41%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 Nano		175 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 Nano should be a lot faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		512000 MB/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
	Difference: 92570 (22%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be a little bit (more or less 1%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 Nano. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 Nano		256000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2944 (1%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 56 is the winner, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 Nano		64000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9984 (16%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics 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 amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.