Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 580X vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP
AMD
Radeon RX 580X
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 11 Apr 2018
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VS
AMD
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Oct 2018
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 580X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 2048SP
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 2048SP |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 20 (Polaris 20 XTX
<br>
<span title="Chip code">(215-0910038)</span>) | Polaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
<br>
<span title="Chip code">(215-0910052)</span>) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 36 | 32 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | 1168 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 580X | Radeon RX 580 2048SP |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580X | Radeon RX 580 2048SP |
|---|
| TDP | 185 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | 15 Oct 2018 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X42.88 GP/s
- Radeon RX 580 2048SP41.09 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X193.00 GT/s
- Radeon RX 580 2048SP164.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 580X256.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 580 2048SP224.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 580X6175.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 580 2048SP5259.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better