AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 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 580 2048SP

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 926 MHz
• Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1284 MHz vs 1206 MHz
• Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
• Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34598 vs 33787
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 122.268 vs 111.543
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1817.005
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 9.511
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.008 vs 99.875
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 625.621 vs 511.362
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1674
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1674
• Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 849 vs 842

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7965 vs 7657
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 723 vs 676
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 9258
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 9258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7657 7965
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	676 723
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34598 33787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	122.268 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1890.261 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	117.008 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	625.621 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	849 842

Compare specifications (specs)