AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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
237
162
142
109
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High22552
1080p Ultra18739
1440p Ultra14626
4K Ultra8613
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy302684353
Solar Bay119007n/a
Port Royal18715527
Fire Strike6605114979
Night Raid19923256876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur427.4 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark1347767
DirectX 11294 fps60 fps
DirectX 1280 fps43 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase1403.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fpsn/a
T-Rex4704.1 fpsn/a
ALU 28678.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6928.5n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 48 Polaris 20
Price 599 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 4096 2304
TMUs 256 144
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 64 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 64 No
Tensor Cores 128 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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