Radeon RX 580 OEM vs 860M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 461 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 60.37 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2025−2026) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Krackan Point | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | March 2025 (1 year ago) | 29 June 2016 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $229 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3000 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 96.00 | 182.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.834 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 256.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 150 Watt |
Radeon 860M has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 860M and Radeon RX 580 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 860M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 580 OEM is a desktop one.
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