AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5
The 14nm Polaris-based Radeon RX 580 with 8GB of GDDR5 memory and 2048 stream processors delivers stable 1080p gaming and VR readiness at a budget-friendly price. Its compact 215mm dual-fan design fits easily into smaller builds while providing artifact-free performance with VR headsets. This card is best for budget-conscious PC builders targeting smooth 1080p gameplay in esports and older AAA titles.
GPU Radeon RX 580
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1284 MHz
TDP 185 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
32 Overall Score
Price €160
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average efficiency (21st percentile)
- Below average rt (22nd percentile)
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 580 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | Polaris |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 112 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 2048 |
| Base Clock | 1284 |
| Boost Clock | 1284 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 2.611 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.611 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 8788 |
| GPU Compute | 3438 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 185 |
| Recommended PSU | 250 |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 3 |
Physical
| Length | 215 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 580 | MSI Ventus G5060-8V3C | Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD 2.0 | ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G | Sapphire PULSE 11330-02-20G | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5060TI-8G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 6900 XT | Radeon RX 7800 XT | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR7 | 10GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1284 | 2535 | 1800 | 2475 | 2430 | 2602 |
| Tdp W | 185 | 145 | 320 | 300 | 263 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 128 | 320 | 256 | 256 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing | false | 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 | 25.9 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 30.5 | 27 | 56.8 | 21.3 | 33.2 | 70.9 |
| MSI Ventus G5060-8V3C Compare | 40.9 | 61 | 48.1 | 55.7 | 56.5 | 90 | 91.5 | 85.6 | 94.1 | 71.8 |
| Gigabyte Vision GV-N3080VISION OC-10GD 2.0 Compare | 54.3 | 75.4 | 56.2 | 67.1 | 85.2 | 79.3 | 91.5 | 35.1 | 66 | 69.2 |
| ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G Compare | 75.9 | 86.8 | 70 | 71.7 | 77.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 47.6 | 70.7 | 65.8 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11330-02-20G Compare | 84.5 | 78.7 | 72.2 | 64.7 | 88.9 | 84.4 | 44.4 | 51.9 | 86.1 | 82.3 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5060TI-8G Compare | 40.9 | 61 | 48.1 | 55.7 | 59.8 | 90 | 91.5 | 38.3 | 94.1 | 95.4 |
Price
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