Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Pro 580X

Place in the ranking	290	592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.00	27.86
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Vega Renoir
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 March 2019 (5 years ago)	7 January 2020 (5 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	2304	384
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	172.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.53 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	144	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	no data
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

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	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	65−70 +210%	21 −210%
1440p	70−75 +218%	22 −218%
4K	50−55 +194%	17 −194%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +0%	11 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9 +0%	9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +0%	9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	26 +0%	26 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Metro Exodus	14 +0%	14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	22 +0%	22 +0%
Valorant	25 +0%	25 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	8 +0%	8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3 +0%	3 +0%
Dota 2	24 +0%	24 +0%
Far Cry 5	26 +0%	26 +0%
Fortnite	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	15 +0%	15 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	39 +0%	39 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	12 +0%	12 +0%
World of Tanks	56 +0%	56 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Dota 2	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +0%	18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	19 +0%	19 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Valorant	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	19 +0%	19 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Fortnite	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how Pro 580X and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

Pro 580X is 210% faster in 1080p
Pro 580X is 218% faster in 1440p
Pro 580X is 194% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.37	5.99
Recency	18 March 2019	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt

Pro 580X has a 223.4% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a mobile workstation one.

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