Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Pro 580

Place in the ranking	279	490
Place by popularity	not in top-100	28
Power efficiency	9.27	41.43
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Vega
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	5 June 2017 (7 years ago)	7 January 2020 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	512
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	172.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.53 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	50−55 +117%	23 −117%
1440p	35−40 +106%	17 −106%
4K	18−21 +100%	9 −100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	13 +0%	13 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +0%	19 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12 +0%	12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +0%	32 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +0%	33 +0%
Valorant	44 +0%	44 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9 +0%	9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +0%	11 +0%
Dota 2	29 +0%	29 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	13 +0%	13 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	19 +0%	19 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	57 +0%	57 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +0%	12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	14 +0%	14 +0%
World of Tanks	48 +0%	48 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	8 +0%	8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +0%	9 +0%
Dota 2	48 +0%	48 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	23 +0%	23 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14 +0%	14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Valorant	37 +0%	37 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	9 +0%	9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	9 +0%	9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	22 +0%	22 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
World of Tanks	21 +0%	21 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 +0%	2 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16 +0%	16 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	17 +0%	17 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	10 +0%	10 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	10 +0%	10 +0%
Metro Exodus	6 +0%	6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	13 +0%	13 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +0%	10 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	18 +0%	18 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Fortnite	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9 +0%	9 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

This is how Pro 580 and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

Pro 580 is 117% faster in 1080p
Pro 580 is 106% faster in 1440p
Pro 580 is 100% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.17	9.01
Recency	5 June 2017	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt

Pro 580 has a 123.9% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 580 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.