Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary vs RX 580 Mobile

Place in the ranking	278	85
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.27	42.46
Power efficiency	13.61	13.22
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has 75% better value for money than RX 580 Mobile.

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	2560
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1680 MHz
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	1980 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	155.1	316.8
Floating-point processing power	4.963 TFLOPS	10.14 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	144	160

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	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	77 −108%	160−170 +108%
4K	31 −110%	65−70 +110%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.92	2.81
4K	9.73	6.91

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−112%

70−75
+112%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −114%	75−80 +114%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −106%	140−150 +106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −114%	90−95 +114%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −112%	70−75 +112%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −108%	100−105 +108%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −114%	270−280 +114%
Hitman 3	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −112%	210−220 +112%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −111%	150−160 +111%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −106%	140−150 +106%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −115%	200−210 +115%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −114%	75−80 +114%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −106%	140−150 +106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −114%	90−95 +114%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −112%	70−75 +112%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −108%	100−105 +108%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −114%	270−280 +114%
Hitman 3	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −112%	210−220 +112%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −111%	150−160 +111%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −106%	140−150 +106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −115%	200−210 +115%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −114%	75−80 +114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −114%	90−95 +114%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −112%	70−75 +112%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −108%	100−105 +108%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −114%	270−280 +114%
Hitman 3	40−45 −113%	85−90 +113%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −112%	210−220 +112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −106%	140−150 +106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 −116%	80−85 +116%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −115%	200−210 +115%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
−118%

120−130

+118%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −118%	85−90 +118%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −110%	65−70 +110%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −114%	45−50 +114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −111%	40−45 +111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −117%	50−55 +117%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −117%	250−260 +117%
Hitman 3	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −114%	90−95 +114%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −111%	80−85 +111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −114%	90−95 +114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −115%	260−270 +115%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−106%

70−75
+106%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 −100%	40−45 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −87.5%	30−33 +87.5%
Hitman 3	16−18 −87.5%	30−33 +87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −115%	230−240 +115%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −105%	45−50 +105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 −108%	50−55 +108%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −118%	24−27 +118%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −118%	24−27 +118%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −118%	24−27 +118%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −114%	60−65 +114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−94.4%

35−40
+94.4%

This is how RX 580 Mobile and RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 108% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 110% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.65	42.95
Recency	18 April 2017	7 July 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	225 Watt

RX 580 Mobile has 125% lower power consumption.

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, on the other hand, has a 118.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 580 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is a desktop one.

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