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    Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 580

    Radeon RX 5500 XT
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
    Release date: 12 Dec 2019
    Radeon RX 5500 XT
    Radeon RX 580
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 1 Apr 2017
    Radeon RX 580

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      100%
    • Radeon RX 580
      102%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

    Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports TrueAudio
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    No clear winner declared

    These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon RX 5500 XTRadeon RX 580
    GPU NameNavi 14 (Navi 14 XTX (215-0932396))vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
    Fab Process7 nmvs14 nm
    Die Size158 mm²vs232 mm²
    Transistors6,400 millionvs5,700 million
    Shaders1408vs2304
    Compute Units22vs36
    Core clock1607 MHzvs1120 MHz
    ROPs32vs32
    TMUs88vs144

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon RX 5500 XTRadeon RX 580
    Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    14000 MHz effective    		vs2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon RX 5500 XTRadeon RX 580
    TDP130 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date12 Dec 2019vs1 Apr 2017

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      59.04 GP/s
    • Radeon RX 580
      40.50 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      162.40 GT/s
    • Radeon RX 580
      182.30 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      224.00 GB/s
    • Radeon RX 580
      256.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      5196.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon RX 580
      5834.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      49
    • Radeon RX 580
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      78
    • Radeon RX 580
      73

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      36
    • Radeon RX 580
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      85
    • Radeon RX 580
      76

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      60
    • Radeon RX 580
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      58
    • Radeon RX 580
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      28
    • Radeon RX 580
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      38
    • Radeon RX 580
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      66
    • Radeon RX 580
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      31
    • Radeon RX 580
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      59
    • Radeon RX 580
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      26
    • Radeon RX 580
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      57
    • Radeon RX 580
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      39
    • Radeon RX 580
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      41
    • Radeon RX 580
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      20
    • Radeon RX 580
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      30
    • Radeon RX 580
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      43
    • Radeon RX 580
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      17
    • Radeon RX 580
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      33
    • Radeon RX 580
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      14
    • Radeon RX 580
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      26
    • Radeon RX 580
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      18
    • Radeon RX 580
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      14
    • Radeon RX 580
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      10
    • Radeon RX 580
      10

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      18
    • Radeon RX 580
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      22
    • Radeon RX 580
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

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