Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 launched Q3/2017, which is based on AMD RX Vega 56 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth HBM2 memory.The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 features 3584 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.550 GHz+ 5 % and equipped with a power draw of 325 W+ 55 %. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

Based on | AMD RX Vega 56 |
GPU Chip | Vega 10 XL |
Execution units | 56 |
Shader | 3584 |
Render Output Units | 64 |
Texture Units | 256 |
Memory Size | 8 GB |
Memory Type | HBM2 |
Memory Speed | 0.8 GHz |
Memory Bandwith | 410 GB/s |
Memory Interface | 2048 bit |
Where to Buy?
Buy Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56
Clock Speeds
Base Clock | 1.266 GHz![]() |
Boost Clock | 1.550 GHz![]() |
Avg (Game) Clock | |
Overclocking |
Yes ![]() |
Thermal Design
TDP | 325 W![]() |
TDP (up) | -- |
Tjunction max | -- |
PCIe-Power | 2 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & Fans
Fan-Type | Axial |
Fan 1 | 2 x 92 mm |
Fan 2 | 1 x 80 mm |
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Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
Noise (Idle) | -- |
Noise (Load): | -- |
Connectivity
Max. Displays | 4 |
HDCP-Version | -- |
HDMI Ports | 2x HDMI v2.0b |
DP Ports | 2x DP v1.4 |
DVI Ports | -- |
VGA Ports | -- |
USB-C Ports | -- |
Featureset
Max. resolution | 7680x4320 |
DirectX | 12_1 |
Raytracing |
No ![]() |
DLSS / FSR |
No ![]() |
LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video Codecs
h264 | Decode / Encode |
h265 / HEVC | Decode / Encode |
AV1 |
No ![]() |
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VP8 | Decode |
VP9 | Decode / Encode |
Noise (Load): | -- |
Dimensions
Length | 310 mm |
Height | 133 mm |
Width | 54 mm |
Width (Slots) | 3 PCIe-Slots |
Weight | -- |
Additional data
GPU Interface | PCIe 3.0 x 16 |
Release date | Q3/2017 |
Release price | -- |
Structure size | 14 nm |
Part-no | 11276-01-40G |
FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) - FP32 (TFLOPS)
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11.11 (28%)
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7005 (34%)
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7005 (34%)
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6996 (33%)
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6985 (33%)
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8494 (29%)
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54 fps (avg) (45%)
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96 fps (avg) (48%)
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129 fps (avg) (64%)
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128 fps (avg) (63%)
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86 fps (avg) (43%)
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