RTX A4500 vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 580 2048SP with RTX A4500, including specs and performance data.

RX 580 2048SP
2018
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
17.29

RTX A4500 outperforms 580 2048SP by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking33369
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Power efficiency9.3219.30
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code namePolaris 20GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date15 October 2018 (7 years ago)23 November 2021 (3 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 cores20487168
Core clock speed1168 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1284 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate164.4369.6
Floating-point processing power5.259 TFLOPS23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs128224
Tensor Coresno data224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56
L1 Cache512 KB7 MB
L2 Cache2 MB6 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s640.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 580 2048SP 17.29
RTX A4500 47.73
+176%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RX 580 2048SP 7642
Samples: 4973
RTX A4500 21100
+176%
Samples: 447

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.29 47.73
Recency 15 October 2018 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt

RX 580 2048SP has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500, on the other hand, has a 176.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 580 2048SP in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 2048SP is a desktop graphics card while RTX A4500 is a workstation one.

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