Radeon Pro 580 vs ATI FirePro M5800

Place in the ranking	1006	284
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.83	9.28
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Madison	Polaris 20
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 March 2010 (14 years ago)	5 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	400	2304
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.00	172.8
Floating-point processing power	0.52 TFLOPS	5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	20	144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	217.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−1281%

290−300
+1281%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1264%	150−160 +1264%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1264%	150−160 +1264%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1264%	150−160 +1264%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Dota 2	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1233%	160−170 +1233%
Fortnite	6−7 −1233%	80−85 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%
World of Tanks	30−33 −1233%	400−450 +1233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1264%	150−160 +1264%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Dota 2	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1233%	160−170 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
Valorant	7−8 −1257%	95−100 +1257%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Dota 2	16−18 −1275%	220−230 +1275%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Valorant	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%

This is how ATI M5800 and Pro 580 compete in popular games:

Pro 580 is 1281% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.41	19.71
Recency	1 March 2010	5 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	150 Watt

ATI M5800 has 476.9% lower power consumption.

Pro 580, on the other hand, has a 1297.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 580 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5800 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.