Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 2048SP |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5500 XT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 580 2048SP | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | Polaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
(215-0910052)) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1168 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 580 2048SP | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 580 2048SP | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 15 Oct 2018 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
41.09 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
164.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
224.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
5259.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better