AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
196
131
112
80
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High17652
1080p Ultra14739
1440p Ultra11126
4K Ultra6413
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy193404353
Solar Bay78380n/a
Port Royal9690527
Fire Strike5302914979
Night Raid15556456876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur335.7 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark1025767
DirectX 11264 fps60 fps
DirectX 12100 fps43 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase1173.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex4026.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25306.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3567n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 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 21 Polaris 20
Price 649 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2304
TMUs 288 144
ROPs 128 32
Ray Tracing Cores 72 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 300 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 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 6800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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