Radeon Pro 580X vs Sky 500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Sky 500 with Radeon Pro 580X, including specs and performance data.

Sky 500
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.68

Pro 580X outperforms Sky 500 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking453335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.759.18
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnPolaris 20
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date27 March 2013 (12 years ago)18 March 2019 (6 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 cores12802304
Core clock speed950 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate76.00172.8
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs80144
L1 Cache320 KB576 KB
L2 Cache512 KB2 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth154 GB/s217.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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.

Sky 500 10.68
Pro 580X 17.05
+59.6%

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.

Sky 500 4722
Samples: 12
Pro 580X 7540
+59.7%
Samples: 1

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 10.68 17.05
Recency 27 March 2013 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Pro 580X has a 59.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Sky 500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.

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