AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 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: 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.

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Launch date	15 October 2018 vs 31 January 2012
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7657
PassMark - G2D Mark	676
Geekbench - OpenCL	34598
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 580 2048SP	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Tahiti
Launch date	15 October 2018	31 January 2012
Place in performance rating	358	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		1,229 gflops
Pipelines		768
Texture fill rate		38.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5