GCN 5 (Vega) · 2017
Released in 2017, the RX Vega 56 was AMD's mid-tier answer in the original Vega generation, built on GCN 5 architecture at 14nm. Its headline feature even today is the memory system: 8GB of HBM2 across an unusually wide 2048-bit bus, giving it 410 GB/s of bandwidth that GDDR-based cards of the era couldn't match.
3584 stream processors boosting to 1471 MHz made it a strong 1440p card in its day, though its 210W power draw runs hot by modern standards for the performance it delivers now. It's a desktop card from AMD's RX Vega family, with no laptop equivalent in this listing.
Comfortable 1080p gaming and everyday creative tasks.
8 GB HBM2 memory.
Push performance beyond base clock.
PCIe 3.0 x16
Mainstream desktop power draw with solid headroom for upgrades.
The AMD RX Vega 56 is a mid-range dedicated GPU with 8GB of HBM2 memory, suited to mainstream gaming and everyday graphics tasks.