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Radeon RX Vega 64

4.3 · 130 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
4,096
FP32
12.66 TF
Bandwidth
483.8 GB/s
TDP
295W
Boost
1546 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute12.66 TFLOPS12%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s27%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units4,09619%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency14/10024%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy11,880pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,560spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute62,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming33
Ray tracing28
AI / Compute26
Creator / 3D30
Power efficiency14
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 43 fps
1080p
76
1440p
37
4K
16
Counter-Strike 2avg 99 fps
1080p
179
1440p
81
4K
37
Fortniteavg 92 fps
1080p
150
1440p
85
4K
42
Battlefield 5avg 92 fps
1080p
135
1440p
85
4K
57
Far Cry 5avg 72 fps
1080p
95
1440p
79
4K
43
Valorantavg 197 fps
1080p
136
1440p
255
4K
199

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
123fps
1440p
73fps
4K
48fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($499) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$4.54
1440p
$6.87
4K
$9.15
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

People love the raw 1440p gaming punch and how well it ages with driver updates. The constant complaints are the massive power draw and the jet-engine fan noise under load.

Pros
  • Great 1440p gaming performance
  • Stays cool under heavy load
  • Handles VR without stuttering
  • HBM2 memory is impressively fast
Cons
  • Drinks power like a frat boy
  • Runs hot and loud under load
  • Aged poorly against modern cards

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
GCN 5.0
Process node
14 nm
Transistors
12.5 B
Compute Units
64
Release date
2017
Launch price
$499
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
4,096
TMUs
256
ROPs
64
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
HBM2
Bus width
2048-bit
Bandwidth
483.8 GB/s
Memory clock
945 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1247 MHz
Boost clock
1546 MHz
FP32 (float)
12.66 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.66 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
99 GPixel/s
Texture rate
395.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
295W
Suggested PSU
550W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
279 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.1.125
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX Vega 64

AMD’s Vega 64 was a high-end 2017 card with blazing fast HBM2 memory, held back by high power draw and heat.

Get it if you need a cheap, capable card for older high-res gaming and don't mind high power draw. Skip it if you want modern features, efficiency, or any ray tracing ability.

Buy it if…

  • You want a high-res gaming card without paying modern prices.
  • You need FreeSync support on a budget for an older system.
  • You’re building a retro high-end PC around 2017 components.
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