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).

 

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 40270
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