AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid and AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1406 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1677 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • 2215.8x better floating-point performance: 13,738 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7765 vs 3510
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 August 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1406 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 1677 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 13,738 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7765 vs 3510

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

  • 449.5x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 429.3 GTexel / s
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 429.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7765
3510
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7765 3510

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Vega 10 Polaris 20
Launch date 8 August 2017 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 258 683
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $301.69
Price now $169.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.57

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1677 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 1406 MHz 1257 MHz
Floating-point performance 13,738 gflops 6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 4096 2304
Texture fill rate 429.3 GTexel / s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 185 Watt
Compute units 36
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144
Transistor count 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

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