VIA Castle Rock vs Radeon RX 580

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	301	not rated
Place by popularity	2	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.35	no data
Power efficiency	8.73	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Polaris 20	CLE266
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2017 (8 years ago)	1 January 2003 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	193.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	6.175 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	no data
L1 Cache	576 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	2000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

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

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency

18 April 2017

1 January 2003

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---