Radeon RX 580X vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Radeon RX 580X
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Apr 2018
Radeon RX 580X
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Oct 2018
Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580XRadeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU NamePolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XTX
(215-0910038))
vsPolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
(215-0910052))
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs244 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders2304vs2048
Compute Units36vs32
Core clock1257 MHzvs1168 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs144vs128

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580XRadeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580XRadeon RX 580 2048SP
TDP185 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date11 Apr 2018vs15 Oct 2018

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580X
    42.88 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    41.09 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580X
    193.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    164.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580X
    6175.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    5259.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better