Abudget option among the Vega cards, with 8 GB of memory and a single fan, but 56 computing units and lower clock speeds, resulting in lower performance than the Vega 64 cards.
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Pros
Pro Great value for the price
This Vega 56 8 GB card offers great value for the price. It costs around $100-$400 less than various other Vega models, but performs just around 10% worse.
Pro Great performance
The card is capable of running Battlefield 1 in Full HD (1920x1080) with Ultra Quality preset at 141 fps(frames per second), in WQHD (2560x1440) at 107 fps and in Ultra HD (3840x2160) at 56 fps. It falls around 5-10 fps behind Vega 64 cards in each resolution.
Hitman(2016) runs at 124 fps in Full HD, at 92 fps in WQHD and 53 fps in Ultra HD, again falling behind the Vega 64 cards by around 5-15 fps.
The RX Vega 56 is more or less equal to the GTX 1080 cards performance-wise. The performance of this card is great, since it can run very demanding games at maximum settings in all resolutions up to Ultra HD at high frames per second.
Cons
Con Extremely loud when gaming
The card produces 44 DBa of noise when gaming, which makes it one of the loudest graphics cards on the market. You can definitely hear the airflow and it may get annoying.