AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
24.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 244 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 9 November 2010
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 244 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

5.1x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 392
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4616 vs 1494
Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15038 vs 8941
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3157
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	478 vs 392
PassMark - G3D Mark	4616 vs 1494
Geekbench - OpenCL	15038 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

392

478

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

4616

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8941

15038

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G2D Mark	392	478
PassMark - G3D Mark	1494	4616
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941	15038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5953
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Vega	GF110
Launch date	24 November 2017	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	663	660
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround