Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		28 Mh/s
Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (8%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		315 Sol/s
Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
	Difference: 17 (6%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		650 h/s
Radeon RX 570		600 h/s
	Difference: 50 (8%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
Radeon RX 570		12108 points
	Difference: 1522 (13%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 580 will be 14% quicker than the Radeon RX 570 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be quite a bit (approximately 21%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31504 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be just a bit (more or less 8%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 570, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2848 (8%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.