AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 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 - Video Composition (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1544 MHz
  • 3287.4x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 1408 vs 512
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 244 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9104 vs 4630
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 490
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44527 vs 15182
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 40.048
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2024.814 vs 872.651
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 4.338
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 32.378
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 132.363
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 5953
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 5953
  • Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1032 vs 809
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 9 November 2010
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1544 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 1408 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 244 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9104 vs 4630
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 vs 490
Geekbench - OpenCL 44527 vs 15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 vs 40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 vs 872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 vs 4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 vs 32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 vs 132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 vs 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 vs 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1032 vs 809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9104
4630
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
775
490
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44527
15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
128.135
40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2024.814
872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.328
4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
125.474
32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
742.778
132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
809
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 9104 4630
PassMark - G2D Mark 775 490
Geekbench - OpenCL 44527 15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1032 809

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Navi 14 GF110
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 9 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $499
Place in performance rating 306 620
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Price now $289.88
Value for money (0-100) 19.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1544 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 512
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 244 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 3,000 million
CUDA cores 512
Floating-point performance 1,581.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 7.09 inches (180 mm) 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.2
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround