AMD
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD's cut-down Vega 10 desktop card enables 56 compute units (3,584 stream processors) and pairs them with 8GB of HBM2 on a 2,048-bit bus for up to 410 GB/s. It launched at $399 with a 210W typical board power, 1,156 MHz base and 1,471 MHz boost clocks.
Pros
- 8GB of HBM2 on a 2,048-bit bus delivers up to 410 GB/s of memory bandwidth
- 210W typical board power is well below the RX Vega 64's 295W
- Launched at $399, $100 below the air-cooled RX Vega 64
- Supports FreeSync, DirectX 12 and Vulkan, with DisplayPort 1.4 HDR outputs
Cons
- Needs 8-pin plus 6-pin power connectors and a 650W minimum recommended PSU
- No hardware ray tracing or AI upscaling cores
- Only 56 of Vega 10's 64 compute units are enabled
- Dual Link DVI and VGA outputs are not provided
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
General
- Announced
- 2017
- Architecture
- Vega (GCN 5)
- Process
- 14 nm
- TDP
- 210 W
- Power connector
- 8-pin + 6-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 3,584
- Base clock
- 1,156 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,471 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- VRAM type
- HBM2
- Bus width
- 2,048 bit
- Bandwidth
- 410 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 6,784Bottom 29%
- PassMark G3D
- 12,912Bottom 28%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 good in 2026?
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 earns an Inno Score of 37.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. AMD's cut-down Vega 10 desktop card enables 56 compute units (3,584 stream processors) and pairs them with 8GB of HBM2 on a 2,048-bit bus for up to 410 GB/s. It launched at $399 with a 210W typical board power, 1,156 MHz base and 1,471 MHz boost clocks.
What are the key specs of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56?
VRAM: 8 GB · Boost clock: 1,471 MHz · TDP: 210 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 6,784
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
