AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
112
59
47
28
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High8952
1080p Ultra6839
1440p Ultra4726
4K Ultra2513
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy76334353
Port Royaln/a527
Fire Strike2231014979
Night Raid8663056876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur123.2 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark870767
DirectX 1196 fps60 fps
DirectX 1252 fps43 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fpsn/a
Car Chase465.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex1882.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22438.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2278.9n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 10 Polaris 20
Price 279 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2304
TMUs 144 144
ROPs 64 32
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 16 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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