AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High10652
1080p Ultra8339
1440p Ultra5926
4K Ultra3113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy94254353
Port Royaln/a527
Fire Strike2753514979
Night Raid10314156876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur148 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark921767
DirectX 11117 fps60 fps
DirectX 1265 fps43 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase606.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2407 fpsn/a
ALU 23024.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2576.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 10 Polaris 20
Price 399 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2304
TMUs 160 144
ROPs 64 32
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 16 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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