AMD Radeon RX 580X vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 471.1x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3718
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3718
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3356
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3356
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 750
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 vs 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 885 vs 750

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • 2114x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 11616
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 11616
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 7798
  • Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75705 vs 41822
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 11616
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL 75705 vs 41822

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
3356
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
885
750
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7798
13327
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
41822
75705
Name AMD Radeon RX 580X AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11616 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11616 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 885 750
PassMark - G3D Mark 7798 13327
Geekbench - OpenCL 41822 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580X AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Polaris 20 Vega 10
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 162 199
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1382 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 13,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2304 4096
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 12,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready