Radeon RX 7500 XT vs RX 580 2048SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	274	not rated
Place by popularity	62	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.20	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Navi 33
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 October 2018 (6 years ago)	2023 (1 year 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	2048	1024
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1452 MHz
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz	2300 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	164.4	147.2
Floating-point processing power	5.259 TFLOPS	9.421 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	216.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt

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