AMD Radeon RX 570X vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 90 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 185 Watt
Launch date 3 April 2108 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1168 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1244 MHz
  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 159.23 GTexel/s
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 6.2 TFLOPs vs 5.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 8697
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 8697
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3101
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3101
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 750
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8853 vs 1923
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39678 vs 38939
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1168 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1244 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 159.23 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3345
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 750
PassMark - G3D Mark 8853 vs 1923
Geekbench - OpenCL 39678 vs 38939

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8697
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8697
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3101
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3101
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3349
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
750
768
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1923
8853
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38939
39678
Name AMD Radeon RX 570X AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8697 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8697 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3101 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3101 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3349
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 768
PassMark - G3D Mark 1923 8853
Geekbench - OpenCL 38939 39678
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4362

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 570X AMD Radeon RX 580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 20 Polaris 20
Design Radeon RX 500X Series Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2108 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 341 339
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $169.99
Value for money (0-100) 76.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1244 MHz 1340 MHz
Compute units 32 36
Core clock speed 1168 MHz 1257 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs 6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2048 2304
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32 32
Stream Processors 2048 2304
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s 192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units 128 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

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

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
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 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