AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and AMD Radeon RX 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

AMD Radeon RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1275 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
2.4x better floating-point performance: 6.2 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4359 vs 1826
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42010 vs 20572
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 771 vs 435
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8877 vs 3197

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4359 vs 1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	42010 vs 20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	771 vs 435
PassMark - G3D Mark	8877 vs 3197

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1826

4359

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

42010

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

435

771

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3197

8877

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon RX 580
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826	4359
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	42010
PassMark - G2D Mark	435	771
PassMark - G3D Mark	3197	8877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Baffin	Polaris 20
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	468	330
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1340 MHz
Compute units	14/16	36
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1257 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	16	32
Stream Processors	896/1024	2304
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units	64	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	8000 MHz
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready