THE GPU RANGE, THEN & NOW.

[Eighjan]

I forget if - and, to that end, where - I may have asked in the past, but where did the Vega 56 fit into the market range at the time it was released... and what would be the current equivalent, if prices were at SANE levels...?

 

Sanity of pricing and availability aside (that means that NO; I'm not looking to buy one anytime this side of a lottery win), would a 6600XT or a 6800 be an appropriate equivalent.

[da na]

It was the upper mid range. It was basically the 6800xt and the vega 64 would have been the 6900XT. Same with 3080ti/3090. 

[porina]

Vega 56 was priced about the same as the 1070 (Ti) on nvidia side, and performed similarly. It was near top end for AMD (Vega 64 holding that spot) but nowhere close to top end nvidia.

 

In terms of positioning the space it took would be about 3070 or 6700 XT ish now, but that probably isn't the best way to look at it if deciding for today.

[Light-Yagami]

18 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

I forget if - and, to that end, where - I may have asked in the past, but where did the Vega 56 fit into the market range at the time it was released... and what would be the current equivalent, if prices were at SANE levels...?

 

Sanity of pricing and availability aside (that means that NO; I'm not looking to buy one anytime this side of a lottery win), would a 6600XT or a 6800 be an appropriate equivalent.

6600XT is faster than Vega 56 by a noticeable amount. 

 

Vega 56 is a bit slower than an RTX 3060.

 

Vega 56 was upper middle range when it was released, fitting between RTX 2060 and RTX 2070.

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[porina]

7 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

6600XT is faster than Vega 56 by a noticeable amount. 

 

Vega 56 is a bit slower than an RTX 3060.

 

Vega 56 was upper middle range when it was released, fitting between RTX 2060 and RTX 2070.

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

It's a generation older than nvidia 20 series. From memory it slightly leapfrogged the 1070 when it came out, leading nvidia to release the 1070 Ti as counter. Vega 56 would fall behind 2060, 3060 in use today.