AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon Pro 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and AMD Radeon Pro 580 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 1293.3x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11289 vs 7753
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53783 vs 40265
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 135.416 vs 109.521
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 1206.829
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.678 vs 9.88
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 511.984
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 10113
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3947 vs 2900
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 3353
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 10113
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3947 vs 2900
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 5 June 2017
Core clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11289 vs 7753
Geekbench - OpenCL 53783 vs 40265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 vs 109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 vs 1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 vs 9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

  • 83.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 8.6x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 788
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 6780 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 943 vs 788

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11289
7753
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
788
943
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53783
40265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3353
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon Pro 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 11289 7753
PassMark - G2D Mark 788 943
Geekbench - OpenCL 53783 40265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.944

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon Pro 580

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO GCN 4.0
Code name Greenland Polaris 20
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 5 June 2017
Place in performance rating 232 319
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2304
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 193.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 150 Watt
Floating-point performance 6,175 gflops
Transistor count 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 256.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 6780 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Technologies

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