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.

 

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: 39226 vs 35543
  • 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: 777 vs 698
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8624 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 39226 vs 35543
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 777 vs 698
PassMark - G3D Mark 8624 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35543
39226
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
777
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7540
8624
Name AMD Radeon Pro 580X AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL 35543 39226
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 698 777
PassMark - G3D Mark 7540 8624
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