AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
17280x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 1450 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 507
55x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 507
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

507

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

137

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	37191
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	507
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	137

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R500
Code name	Polaris 20	R580
Launch date	18 March 2019	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	346	293
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 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	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	384 million
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		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)