AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 27000x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
  • 19.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 120
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1701
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1701
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 371
  • 26.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 283
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 March 2019 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 120
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 1701
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 vs 371
PassMark - G3D Mark 7540 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3643
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3643
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 2200 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 3643

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3643
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1701
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
698
371
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7540
283
Name AMD Radeon Pro 580X ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 37347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3643 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3643 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 1701
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 371
PassMark - G3D Mark 7540 283

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 580X ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale
Code name Polaris 20 RV630
Launch date 18 March 2019 28 June 2007
Place in performance rating 347 644
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 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 120
Pixel fill rate 38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s 6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 390 million
Floating-point performance 192 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 217.0 GB/s 35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) 2200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)