AMD Radeon RX 550X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1042.1x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 244 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 244 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 1100 MHz
958.2x better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 490 vs 423
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4630 vs 2365
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15182 vs 8858
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5953 vs 3428
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5953 vs 3428
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3139
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	490 vs 423
PassMark - G3D Mark	4630 vs 2365
Geekbench - OpenCL	15182 vs 8858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5953 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5953 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

423

490

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2365

4630

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8858

15182

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

5953

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

5953

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3357

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G2D Mark	423	490
PassMark - G3D Mark	2365	4630
Geekbench - OpenCL	8858	15182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Lexa	GF110
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	617	620
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	49.4 billion / sec
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround