Radeon RX 580 vs HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | Ivy Bridge GT2 () |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 22 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 392 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 16 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 0 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | System Shared |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 0 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | | HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 14 May 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better