Radeon Pro 580 vs RX 560

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Aggregate performance score

RX 560
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
9.44

Pro 580 outperforms RX 560 by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking435258
Place by popularity59not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.561.06
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code namePolaris 21Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)5 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 no data
Current price$381 (3.8x MSRP)$5999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 560 has 47% better value for money than Pro 580.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10242304
Core clock speed1175 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1275 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate81.60172.8
Floating-point performance2,611 gflops6,175 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 560 and Radeon Pro 580 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz6780 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s217.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 560 9.44
Pro 580 20.06
+113%

Pro 580 outperforms RX 560 by 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 560 3647
Pro 580 7753
+113%

Pro 580 outperforms RX 560 by 113% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 560 18780
Pro 580 37600
+100%

Pro 580 outperforms RX 560 by 100% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RX 560 18272
Pro 580 43767
+140%

Pro 580 outperforms RX 560 by 140% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD35
−100%
70−75
+100%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.44 20.06
Recency 18 April 2017 5 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

The Radeon Pro 580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 560 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 560 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 580 is a mobile workstation one.


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