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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

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The Radeon Pro Vega 56 uses the same chip as the Radeon RX Vega 56 but with reduced clock speeds for the chip and HBM memory. It is used in the first generation of the Apple iMac Pro All-in-One PC.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

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The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 is a dedicated graphics card for laptops. It was introduced as an option to the 2018 MacBook Pro. The graphics card offers 16 CUs (1024 shaders) and 4 GB HBM2 memory. The performance should be below the Radeon RX Vega M GL (1280 shaders) and therefore between a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti.

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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon Pro Vega Series
Pro Vega 56 3584 @ 1.25 GHz2048 Bit @ 786 MHz
Radeon Pro Vega 20 compare 1280 @ 0.82 - 1.28 GHz
Radeon Pro Vega 16 1024
Pro Vega 56 3584 @ 1.25 GHz2048 Bit @ 786 MHz
Radeon Pro Vega 20 compare 1280 @ 0.82 - 1.28 GHz
Radeon Pro Vega 16 1024
CodenameVegaVega Mobile
ArchitectureVegaVega
Pipelines3584 - unified1024 - unified
Core Speed1247 MHz
Memory Speed786 MHz
Memory Bus Width2048 Bit
Memory TypeHBM2HBM2
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB4 GB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 12_1
Transistors12.5 Billion
technology14 nm14 nm
Features64 ROPs, 224 TMUs,
Date of Announcement14.12.2017 15.11.2018
Notebook Sizelarge

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
5831 Points (16%)
2443 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
5465 Points (11%)
2198 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
29958 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
56273 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
15302 Points (23%)
6902 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
17797 Points (16%)
7745 Points (7%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
20785 Points (25%)
10926 Points (13%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
25589 Points (20%)
10569 Points (8%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
3DMark 06
35787 Points (47%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
69.8 fps (21%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
140.3 fps (84%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
26.3 fps (15%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
82.7 fps (63%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
7.9 fps (9%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
132.5 fps (100%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
93.2 fps (100%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
114.4 fps (55%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
59.5 fps (31%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
117.7 fps (29%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
130.9 fps (19%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
106.4 fps (19%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
74.6 fps (19%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
102.6 fps (28%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
18.6 fps (17%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
85.3 fps (34%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
135 fps (22%)
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
77.9 fps (21%)
specvp13 snx-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
33.7 fps (4%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
42.5 fps (7%)
specvp13 medical-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
14.7 fps (2%)
specvp13 maya-05 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
106.3 fps (12%)
specvp13 energy-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
4.1 fps (1%)
specvp13 creo-02 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
70.2 fps (10%)
specvp13 catia-05 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
104.9 fps (12%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
64.2 fps (10%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
129.1 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
130.2 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
99.5 % (100%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
2053 Samples/s (7%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3851 Samples/s (7%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 → 58% n=8

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

X-Plane 11.11

X-Plane 11.11

2018
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
65  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
50.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
43.5  fps
Assassin´s Creed Origins

Assassin´s Creed Origins

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
70  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
65  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
57  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
33  fps
Ghost Recon Wildlands

Ghost Recon Wildlands

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
81.7  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
76  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
45.1  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
34.7  fps
For Honor

For Honor

2017
med. 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
142.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
134.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
105.6  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
43.6  fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider

2016
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
94  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
74.8  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
39.3  fps
Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege

2015
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
198.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
135.7  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
70.2  fps
Dota 2 Reborn

Dota 2 Reborn

2015
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
103  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Pro Vega 56:
112  fps
88%
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
99  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
107.4  fps
70%
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
75  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
102.3  fps
70%
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
72  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
95.8  fps
40%
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
38.4  fps
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
high 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
115.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Pro Vega 56:
63.9  fps
42%
Radeon Pro Vega 16:
27  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
Pro Vega 56:
41.6  fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 → 62%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 40%

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
X-Plane 11.116550.843.5
Dota 2 Reborn112107.4102.395.810399757238.4
The Witcher 3115.763.941.627
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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