AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and AMD Radeon RX 480 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

AMD Radeon RX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
947.9x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 29 June 2016
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39250 vs 35712
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3643
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3643
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 698
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8609 vs 7540

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	39250 vs 35712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 698
PassMark - G3D Mark	8609 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35712

39250

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

776

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

8609

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	35712	39250
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3361
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	776
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	8609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11172
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	AMD Radeon RX 480
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Ellesmere
Launch date	18 March 2019	29 June 2016
Place in performance rating	353	354
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$299.99
Value for money (0-100)		39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1266 MHz
Compute units	36	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1120 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	2304
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	182.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		5.8 TFLOPs
GPU Power		110 Watt
Stream Processors		2304
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		n / a
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore