Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon VII, which has a core clock speed of 1400 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 4096-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 3840 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon VII		27400 points
Radeon RX 580		13630 points
	Difference: 13770 (101%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon VII should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 580 in general. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 786432 (300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII is quite a bit (approximately 86%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 154992 (86%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon VII is much (more or less 123%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 580, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49376 (123%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.