AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM

Radeon RX 580 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2018. At the time of release, the videocard cost $229. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.

Core clock speed - 1120-1257 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1266-1340 MHz. Texture fill rate - 192.96 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2304. Floating-point performance - 6.2 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 185 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 8000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 256 GB/s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Ellesmere
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating not rated
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1266-1340 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1120-1257 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 2304
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready