Radeon Pro 580X vs Pro Vega 20

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon Pro 580X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Vega 20
2018
4 GB HBM2, 100 Watt
13.75

Pro 580X outperforms Pro Vega 20 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking378285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.438.94
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameVega 12Polaris 20
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date14 November 2018 (6 years ago)18 March 2019 (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 cores12802304
Core clock speed815 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1283 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate102.6172.8
Floating-point processing power3.284 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs80144

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width1024 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed740 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth189.4 GB/s217.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro Vega 20 13.75
Pro 580X 19.57
+42.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro Vega 20 5299
Pro 580X 7540
+42.3%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro Vega 20 26775
Pro 580X 35712
+33.4%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Pro Vega 20 26946
Pro 580X 38692
+43.6%

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 HD59
−35.6%
80−85
+35.6%
4K41
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−36.4%
60−65
+36.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 51
−37.3%
70−75
+37.3%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−33.3%
120−130
+33.3%
Hitman 3 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−40.8%
100−105
+40.8%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−31.6%
50−55
+31.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 76
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−35.1%
100−105
+35.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−36.4%
60−65
+36.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−33.3%
120−130
+33.3%
Hitman 3 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−40.8%
100−105
+40.8%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−31.6%
50−55
+31.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−33.3%
60−65
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−35.1%
100−105
+35.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−40.6%
45−50
+40.6%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−33.3%
120−130
+33.3%
Hitman 3 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−40.8%
100−105
+40.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−33.3%
60−65
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
−29%
40−45
+29%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−35.1%
100−105
+35.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−31.6%
50−55
+31.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−29.6%
35−40
+29.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−40%
21−24
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−35.7%
95−100
+35.7%
Hitman 3 16−18
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−41.2%
120−130
+41.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−36.4%
30−33
+36.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Hitman 3 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−41.8%
95−100
+41.8%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%

This is how Pro Vega 20 and Pro 580X compete in popular games:

  • Pro 580X is 36% faster in 1080p
  • Pro 580X is 34% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.75 19.57
Recency 14 November 2018 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt

Pro Vega 20 has 50% lower power consumption.

Pro 580X, on the other hand, has a 42.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 20 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
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