AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35755 vs 22421
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3643 vs 3586
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3643 vs 3586
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 585
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 4809

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 14 November 2018
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35755 vs 22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540 vs 4809

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35755

22421

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3586

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

585

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

4809

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
Geekbench - OpenCL	35755	22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	585
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	4809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8870

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Vega 12
Launch date	18 March 2019	14 November 2018
Place in performance rating	365	367
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1190 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	2400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)