AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 15 October 2018

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 973 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1284 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34598 vs 31255

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 973 MHz
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	34598 vs 31255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

31255

34598

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Geekbench - OpenCL	31255	34598
PassMark - G3D Mark		7657
PassMark - G2D Mark		676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		122.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1890.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		625.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		849

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Polaris 20
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	15 October 2018
Place in performance rating	713	358
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz	1284 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	1168 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	7000 MHz