AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

11x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 6,175 gflops
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 9.88

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2304
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 6,175 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.707 vs 9.88

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.88

17.707

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753
PassMark - G2D Mark	943
Geekbench - OpenCL	40323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88	17.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	New Zealand
Launch date	5 June 2017	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	330	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5