Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Oct 2018
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 2048SP

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 580
GPU NamePolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
(215-0910052))
vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders2048vs2304
Compute Units32vs36
Core clock1168 MHzvs1120 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs144

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 580
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon RX 580
TDP150 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date15 Oct 2018vs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    41.09 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    164.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    5259.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better