AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU 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.

AMD Radeon RX 580

AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 911 MHz
1470.7x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 6800 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 10 November 2016
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 911 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 6800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

677.1x better floating-point performance: 4,198 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt

Floating-point performance	4,198 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580	AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU
PassMark - G3D Mark	8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	767
Geekbench - OpenCL	39028
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1005

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580	AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Neo
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	10 November 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$399
Place in performance rating	341	not rated
Price now	$169.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	911 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	4,198 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2304	2304
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	131.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	N / A
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	217.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	6800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
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