Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 580X vs Radeon RX 580
AMD
Radeon RX 580X
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 11 Apr 2018
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 580
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 580X
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 580
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 580X | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 20 (Polaris 20 XTX
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<span title="Chip code">(215-0910038)</span>) | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 36 | 36 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | 144 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 580X | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580X | Radeon RX 580 |
|---|
| TDP | 185 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | 1 Apr 2017 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X42.88 GP/s
- Radeon RX 58040.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X193.00 GT/s
- Radeon RX 580182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 580X256.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 580256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 580X6175.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 5805834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better