AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH and AMD Radeon RX 580 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 589.7x better floating-point performance: 3,656 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 767
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3695
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3695
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Floating-point performance 3,656 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 vs 767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1063 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1190 MHz
  • 1689.7x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 114.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8848 vs 6575
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39544 vs 27082
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 8931
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 8931
  • Around 50% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4364 vs 2911
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1063 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 114.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8848 vs 6575
Geekbench - OpenCL 39544 vs 27082
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 8931
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 8931
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4364 vs 2911

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6575
8848
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
774
767
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
27082
39544
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8931
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8931
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2911
4364
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 6575 8848
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 767
Geekbench - OpenCL 27082 39544
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8931 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8931 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2911 4364
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH AMD Radeon RX 580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 22 Polaris 20
Launch date 1 February 2018 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 337 334
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $169.99
Value for money (0-100) 76.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1190 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 1063 MHz 1257 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,656 gflops 6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1536 2304
Texture fill rate 114.2 GTexel / s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 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 No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 204.8 GB / s 256 GB/s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Memory bus width 256 bit

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