AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 185 Watt

Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

4.2x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1190 MHz
3.3x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2400 MHz

Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 2400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	585
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3510

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega 12	Polaris 20
Launch date	14 November 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	367	363
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$301.69
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	185 Watt
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines		2304
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Transistor count		5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	8000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready