AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB

The Radeon RX Vega 64 delivers 20% more FP16 throughput than the Radeon RX Vega 56 (25 vs 21 TFLOPS dense).

Radeon RX Vega 64: Vega, 2017 Radeon RX Vega 56: Vega, 2017
FP16 dense lead
+20%
Radeon RX Vega 64: 25 vs 21 TFLOPS
VRAM
8 vs 8 GB
Same capacity
Bandwidth
484 GB/s vs 410 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 64 moves data faster
TDP
295 W vs 210 W
Radeon RX Vega 56 draws 85 W less

Specifications

Radeon RX Vega 64
Radeon RX Vega 56
Architecture
VegaVega
Launch Year
20172017
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
VRAM
8 GB8 GB
Memory Bandwidth
484 GB/s410 GB/s
TDP
295 W210 W
Process Node

Performance (TFLOPS)

Radeon RX Vega 64
Radeon RX Vega 56
FP64
No verified data available No verified data available
FP32
12.7 TFlops 10.5 TFlops
TF32
No verified data available No verified data available
BF16
No verified data available No verified data available
FP16
25.3 TFlops 21.0 TFlops
FP8
No verified data available No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
FP4
No verified data available No verified data available
INT8
No verified data available No verified data available

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Both GPUs launched in 2017: the Radeon RX Vega 64 on Vega and the Radeon RX Vega 56 on Vega.

Dense throughput for the Radeon RX Vega 64 against the Radeon RX Vega 56: FP32 13 vs 11 TFLOPS, FP16 25 vs 21 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.

Memory is 8 GB against 8 GB, fed at 484 GB/s versus 410 GB/s. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.

Power budgets are 295 W for the Radeon RX Vega 64 and 210 W for the Radeon RX Vega 56. At FP32 that works out to 0.04 against 0.05 TFLOPS per watt.

For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Radeon RX Vega 64 faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56?

At FP16 precision the Radeon RX Vega 64 reaches 25 TFLOPS dense against 21 TFLOPS for the Radeon RX Vega 56. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which has more memory, the Radeon RX Vega 64 or the Radeon RX Vega 56?

Both GPUs carry 8 GB of VRAM. Memory bandwidth is 484 GB/s for the Radeon RX Vega 64 and 410 GB/s for the Radeon RX Vega 56.

How much power do the Radeon RX Vega 64 and the Radeon RX Vega 56 draw?

The Radeon RX Vega 64 is rated at 295 W TDP and the Radeon RX Vega 56 at 210 W. On FP32 throughput per watt, the Radeon RX Vega 56 is the more efficient part.

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