Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs R7 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated276
Place by popularitynot in top-10052
Power efficiencyno data9.11
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameSpectrePolaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 January 2014 (10 years ago)15 October 2018 (6 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 cores5122048
Core clock speed720 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1284 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate31.36164.4
Floating-point processing power1.004 TFLOPS5.259 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs32128

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2014 15 October 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt

R7 Graphics has 900% lower power consumption.

RX 580 2048SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 Graphics and Radeon RX 580 2048SP. We've got no test results to judge.


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