amd

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

2048

Cores

182.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon R9 380X

$229 Nov 2015 View Details

amd

Brand

8GB HBM2

Memory

3584

Cores

409.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

$399 Aug 2017 View Details

AMD Radeon R9 380X

4GB GDDR5 190W $229 Nov 2015

Radeon R9 380X

$229 • Nov 2015

Radeon RX Vega 56

$399 • Aug 2017

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

8GB HBM2 210W $399 Aug 2017

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size	4 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	HBM2
TDP	190 W	210 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	N/A	1471 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	14nm
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 5.0
Shading Units	2048	3584
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	128	224
ROPs	32	64
Memory Bus	256-bit	2048-bit
Memory Clock	1425 MHz	800 MHz
Pixel Rate	31.04 GPixel/s	94.14 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	182.4 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.973 GFLOPS	10.54 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	0.50 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	366 mm²	495 mm²
Transistors	5000 Million	12500 Million
Required PSU	450 W	550 W
Power Connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12	12.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	GlobalFoundries

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

2743

AMD Radeon R9 380X

6723 (+145%)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

28182

AMD Radeon R9 380X

47815 (+70%)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

FPS

AMD Radeon R9 380X

81.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

6174

AMD Radeon R9 380X

13099 (+112%)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Game Benchmarks Comparison (198 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+153%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+136%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+130%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+86%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+80%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+83%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+115%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+112%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+116%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+113%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+98%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+100%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+121%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+117%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+104%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+102%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+115%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX Vega 56 (+90%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!

Based on 198 benchmarks across 66 games

Avg FPS

Radeon R9 380X

+110.5%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56