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AMD Radeon RX 580

Graphics Processor
Polaris 20
Cores
2304
TMUs
144
ROPs
32
Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon RX 580 is a performance-segment graphics card by AMD, launched on April 18th, 2017. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Polaris 20 graphics processor, in its Polaris 20 XTX variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 580. The Polaris 20 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 232 mm² and 5,700 million transistors. It features 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 580, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1257 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1340 MHz, memory is running at 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 580 draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 185 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 580 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 241 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 229 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Polaris 20
GPU Variant
Polaris 20 XTX
(215-0910038)
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
5,700 million
Density
24.6M / mm²
Die Size
232 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1401

Graphics Card

Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
Generation
Polaris
(RX 500)
Predecessor
Arctic Islands
Successor
Vega
Production
Active
Launch Price
229 USD
Current Price
Amazon / Newegg
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
52 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
Radeon HD 4550
3%
Radeon HD 5450
4%
Radeon HD 6450
5%
GeForce GT 520
5%
GeForce GT 220
6%
GeForce GT 430
8%
Radeon HD 5570
8%
Radeon HD 4670
9%
GeForce GT 440
9%
GeForce GT 240
10%
GeForce 9600 GT
11%
Radeon HD 5670
12%
GeForce GT 640
13%
GeForce 9800 GT
13%
Radeon HD 6670
13%
Radeon HD 4830
14%
Radeon HD 4770
15%
Radeon HD 4850
16%
GeForce GTS 250
16%
GeForce GTS 450
17%
Radeon HD 5750
17%
Radeon HD 7750
19%
Radeon HD 5770
20%
GeForce GTX 260
20%
Radeon HD 4870
20%
Radeon Vega 8
20%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
20%
GeForce GTX 650
21%
Radeon HD 5830
22%
Radeon HD 6790
23%
Radeon HD 4890
23%
GeForce GTX 460
24%
Radeon RX Vega 11
24%
GeForce GT 1030
25%
GeForce GTX 275
25%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
25%
GeForce GTX 280
25%
GeForce GTX 465
26%
Radeon HD 6850
27%
GeForce GTX 285
27%
Radeon HD 5850
29%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
30%
Radeon HD 7790
30%
Radeon RX 550
31%
GeForce GTX 470
31%
Radeon HD 6870
32%
Radeon HD 5870
34%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
35%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
36%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
36%
Radeon HD 6950
36%
GeForce GTX 295
38%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
38%
Radeon HD 7850
38%
GeForce GTX 480
39%
Radeon HD 6970
41%
Radeon R7 265
42%
Radeon RX 460
42%
Radeon R7 370
42%
GeForce GTX 660
43%
GeForce GTX 570
43%
Radeon RX 560
43%
GeForce GTX 950
46%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
47%
Radeon R9 270X
48%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
48%
GeForce GTX 580
48%
GeForce GTX 1050
49%
Radeon HD 7950
49%
GeForce GTX 1630
50%
Radeon HD 5970
50%
GeForce GTX 760
51%
GeForce GTX 670
55%
GeForce GTX 960
57%
Radeon R9 380
58%
Radeon R9 285
59%
Radeon HD 7970
59%
GeForce GTX 680
60%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
61%
GeForce GTX 770
63%
Radeon HD 6990
64%
Radeon R9 280X
66%
GeForce GTX 590
67%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
67%
GeForce GTX 780
74%
Arc A380
74%
Radeon RX 6400
75%
GeForce GTX 1650
76%
Radeon RX 470
81%
Radeon R9 290
82%
Radeon RX 570
87%
Radeon R9 390
88%
Radeon R9 290X
88%
GeForce GTX 970
90%
GeForce GTX TITAN
91%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
92%
Radeon R9 390X
93%
Radeon HD 7990
94%
Radeon RX 480
94%
GeForce GTX 690
95%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
97%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
99%
Radeon RX 580
100%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
101%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
102%
GeForce GTX 980
102%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
103%
Radeon R9 FURY
103%
Radeon RX 590
108%
Radeon R9 295X2
114%
GeForce GTX 1660
114%
Radeon R9 FURY X
116%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
118%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
121%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
124%
GeForce GTX 1070
131%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
131%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
133%
Radeon RX Vega 56
140%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
148%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
150%
Radeon RX Vega 64
152%
GeForce GTX 1080
155%
GeForce RTX 2060
155%
Radeon RX 5700
161%
Arc A580
161%
Radeon RX 6600
168%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
174%
GeForce RTX 2070
176%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
176%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
180%
Arc A750
185%
Radeon VII
186%
TITAN X Pascal
191%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
193%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
197%
Arc A770
199%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
199%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
209%
Radeon RX 7600
212%
GeForce RTX 4060
213%
GeForce RTX 2080
214%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
218%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
224%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
230%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
238%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
253%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
255%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
257%
GeForce RTX 3070
269%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
288%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
291%
Radeon RX 6800
297%
GeForce RTX 4070
329%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
337%
GeForce RTX 3080
350%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
353%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
363%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
382%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
389%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
392%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
393%
GeForce RTX 3090
399%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
409%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
447%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
459%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
463%
GeForce RTX 4080
520%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
528%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
533%
GeForce RTX 4090
654%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1257 MHz
Boost Clock
1340 MHz
Memory Clock
2000 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
256.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
2304
TMUs
144
ROPs
32
Compute Units
36
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
2 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
42.88 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
193.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
6.175 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)
6.175 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
385.9 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
TDP
185 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
Board Number
C940,
D009-04

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Polaris 20 GPU Notes

Generation: Polaris
Codename: Ellesmere
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Retail boards based on this design (103)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1257 MHz 1266 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB
1257 MHz 1266 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 2000 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1411 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1370 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 236 mm/9.3 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1370 MHz 2000 MHz 236 mm/9.3 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1150 MHz 1340 MHz 2050 MHz 236 mm/9.3 inches, 1x DVI
1257 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 2000 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1360 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1411 MHz 2000 MHz 298 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1411 MHz 1439 MHz 2000 MHz 240 mm/9.4 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1340 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 240 mm/9.4 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1355 MHz 2000 MHz 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1340 MHz 1350 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 240 mm/9.4 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1340 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 240 mm/9.4 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1365 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1365 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1425 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 212 mm/8.3 inches
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1405 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1364 MHz 1430 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 2000 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 2000 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 296 mm/11.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1353 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 269 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1353 MHz 2000 MHz 275 mm/10.8 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 275 mm/10.8 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 275 mm/10.8 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1431 MHz 2000 MHz 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1421 MHz 2000 MHz 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 198 mm/7.8 inches
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 245 mm/9.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1425 MHz 2000 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1355 MHz 1380 MHz 2000 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 2000 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1350 MHz 2000 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1215 MHz 1215 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI
1215 MHz 1340 MHz 1950 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 4 GB, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1411 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1411 MHz 2000 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1450 MHz 2000 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1430 MHz 2100 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1430 MHz 2100 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1411 MHz 2000 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1405 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz
1257 MHz 1430 MHz 2025 MHz 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1450 MHz 2025 MHz 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1386 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1405 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1366 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 1750 MHz 4 GB, 310 mm/12.2 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1257 MHz 1340 MHz 2000 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
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