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AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP: specs and benchmarks
Price now
1373$
Games supported
85%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1168 MHz
- Max video memory 4 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2018
Performance
26.28
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 580 2048SP sales 15 October 2018. This is GCN 4.0 architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 150 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
26.28%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of Radeon RX 580 2048SP's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | 185 | |
| Value for money | 8.19 | |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 15 October 2018 (3 years ago) | |
| Price now | $1373 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Radeon RX 580 2048SP's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 580 2048SP's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 1168 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1284 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 164.4 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon RX 580 2048SP's 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 580 2048SP: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 580 2048SP. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon RX 580 2048SP, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon RX 580 2048SP. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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%
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Radeon RX 580 2048SP is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon RX 580 2048SP performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 580 2048SP from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 1650, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 580 2048SP:
Similar GPUs
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