AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon X600 PRO 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 400 MHz
120600x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
13.3x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 PRO

5.1x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510
PassMark - G2D Mark		252
PassMark - G3D Mark		67

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rage 9
Code name	Polaris 20	RV370
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69
Place in performance rating	679	676
Price now	$169.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	1.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready