AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High13252
1080p Ultra10639
1440p Ultra7626
4K Ultra4213
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy128074353
Solar Bay50157n/a
Port Royal6162527
Fire Strike3584414979
Night Raid13074356876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur245.8 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark946767
DirectX 11174 fps60 fps
DirectX 1277 fps43 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase840 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fpsn/a
T-Rex2906.3 fpsn/a
ALU 23886.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2414.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 22 Polaris 20
Price 479 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2304
TMUs 160 144
ROPs 64 32
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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