AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5
Its six native HDMI 2.0 ports and 8GB of GDDR5 memory on a 14nm process uniquely drive six simultaneous 4K displays from a compact 180mm card with just an 80W power draw. The energy-efficient design requires only a single 6-pin connector, making it a simple drop-in upgrade for systems with limited power supplies. This card is best for digital signage integrators and financial traders who need to manage expansive multi-screen arrays, not for gaming or 3D rendering workloads.
GPU Radeon RX 580
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1244 MHz
TDP 80 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Class consumer
27 Overall Score
Price CA$516
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong connectivity (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)
- Below average vram (21st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 580 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| Base Clock | 1244 |
| Boost Clock | 1244 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 8793 |
| GPU Compute | 3438 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 80 |
| Recommended PSU | 400 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 6-pin |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| HDMI | 6 |
| Max Displays | 6 |
Physical
| Length | 180 |
| Weight | 0.4 kg / 0.9 lbs |
Features
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 580 | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1244 | 2685 | 2482 | 2617 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 80 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon RX 580 | 24.2 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 23.7 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 70.1 | 65.7 | 37 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 86.6 | 96.6 | 88.2 | 92.7 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 56 | 94 | 95.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.9 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD Compare | 86.6 | 95.8 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 95.5 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 99.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.4 | 98.7 | 78.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$516
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