AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM videocard review

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