AMD Radeon RX 580X vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X 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: 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 RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11616 vs 11281
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11616 vs 11281
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3695
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3695
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3349
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3349
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 41822 vs 39665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294 vs 3349
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822 vs 39665

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 657
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8851 vs 6459

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 657
PassMark - G3D Mark	8851 vs 6459

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11616

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11616

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4909

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4909

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18294

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18294

3349

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

657

768

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6459

8851

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

41822

39665

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580X	AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294	3349
PassMark - G2D Mark	657	768
PassMark - G3D Mark	6459	8851
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822	39665
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4364

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580X	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Polaris 20
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	195	339
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	1340 MHz
Compute units	36	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1257 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	6.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2304	2304
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32	32
Stream Processors	2304	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units	144	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,700 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	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
LiquidVR
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)