Radeon RX 580G vs RX Vega M GL / 870
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 426 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 15.02 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega Kaby Lake-G | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2018 (7 years ago) | 15 October 2018 (7 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 cores | 1280 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 931 MHz | 1257 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | 1330 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 185 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 191.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.129 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 144 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 256.0 GB/s |
| 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 | no data | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2018 | 15 October 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 185 Watt |
RX Vega M GL / 870 has 184.6% lower power consumption.
RX 580G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and Radeon RX 580G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 580G is a desktop one.
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