AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13556 vs 6459
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 872 vs 657
  • Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64776 vs 41822
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13621 vs 11616
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13621 vs 11616
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 3 April 2018
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13556 vs 6459
PassMark - G2D Mark 872 vs 657
Geekbench - OpenCL 64776 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 vs 11616

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3719
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3358
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3719
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13556
6459
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
872
657
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64776
41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
18294
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark 13556 6459
PassMark - G2D Mark 872 657
Geekbench - OpenCL 64776 41822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7676

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX 580X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 10 XLE Polaris 20
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Place in performance rating 199 196
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1340 MHz
Compute units 36 36
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2304
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s 42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm) 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 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
TrueAudio
VR Ready