AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
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
76
38
33
15
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
20
15
11
n/a
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
12
10
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
17
11
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
11
11
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High5212
1080p Ultra399
1440p Ultra26-
4K Ultra13-
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
817
Time Spy4353835
Port Royal527n/a
Fire Strike149792692
Night Raid5687611031
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
8112
Background Blur59.5 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s9.06 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec0.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec0.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec27.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps879 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
1309
G2D Mark767333
DirectX 1160 fps9 fps
DirectX 1243 fps6 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s652 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
7.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a40.7 fps
Car Chasen/a37.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a30.6 fps
T-Rexn/a153.6 fps
ALU 2n/a170.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a71.5 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a241.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 18, 2017 February, 1, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 5.0
Codename Polaris 20 Raven
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1100-1800 MHz
Shader Units 2304 384
TMUs 144 24
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units n/a 6
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 9-14 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 26-43 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 0.8-1.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 185 W 15 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 23.52 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (14.29%)
6 (85.71%)
Total Votes: 7

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