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.

AMD Radeon RX 580X

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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

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

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 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 742 vs 652
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13013 vs 7514
Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75767 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 - G2D Mark	742 vs 652
PassMark - G3D Mark	13013 vs 7514
Geekbench - OpenCL	75767 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

652

742

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7514

13013

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

41822

75767

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	652	742
PassMark - G3D Mark	7514	13013
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822	75767
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	191	189
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