AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

822
Place in performance rating
80
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Value for money (0-100)
48.37
GCN
Architecture
Vega
Jet
Code name
Vega 10
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
14 August 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$399
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Price now
$1587 (4x MSRP)
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Value for money
11.79
Jet UL(T) DDR3
GPU code name
Vega
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
3584
855 / 514 MHz
Core clock speed
1138 MHz
855 MHz
Boost Clock
1471 MHz
690 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
210 Watt
17.10
Texture fill rate
329.5
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Floating-point performance
10,566 gflops
576
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
940 MHz
Boost clock speed
1474 MHz
690 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
210 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
HBM2
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
409.6 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
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Enduro
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PowerPlay
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

59.27% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3584 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Radeon R6 M255DX or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 .

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 performance benchmarks comparison

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