AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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.

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 669 MHz
820.1x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 2x 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 1656 MHz
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 422
9.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 669 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 2x 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

822

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	36935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	RV670
Launch date	18 March 2019	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	349	344
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 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	2x 320
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		2x 428.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
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	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)