Radeon RX 560 XT vs RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 August 2017 (8 years ago) | 13 March 2019 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 1406 MHz | 973 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1677 MHz | 1073 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 429.3 | 120.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.846 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 256 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1890 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 211.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 August 2017 | 13 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 150 Watt |
RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 560 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
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