AMD Radeon RX 580X videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 580X

Radeon RX 580X videocard released by AMD; release date: 3 April 2018. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Polaris 20.

Core clock speed - 1257 MHz. Boost clock speed - 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.

Benchmarks

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
11616 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
11616.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
4909 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
4909.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
18294 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
18294.000 Fps
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
885
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38733
7798
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
41822
Name Value
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 11616 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 11616.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4909 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4909.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 18294 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 18294.000 Fps
PassMark - G2D Mark 885
PassMark - G3D Mark 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL 41822

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 20
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 162
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 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
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
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
TrueAudio
VR Ready