Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs Radeon RX 570

Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Oct 2018
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Radeon RX 570
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 570

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 2048SP

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)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 570

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580 2048SP

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 570
GPU NamePolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
(215-0910052))
vsEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders2048vs2048
Compute Units32vs32
Core clock1168 MHzvs926 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs128

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 570
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 570
TDP150 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date15 Oct 2018vs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    41.09 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 570
    38.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    164.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 570
    154.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 570
    211.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    5259.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 570
    4940.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better