Switch GPU vs Radeon RX 580G

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code namePolaris 20GM20B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 October 2018 (6 years ago)17 March 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 cores2304256
Core clock speed1257 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speed1330 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate191.512.29
Floating-point processing power6.129 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs14416

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s25.6 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 October 2018 17 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 15 Watt

RX 580G has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Switch GPU, on the other hand, has 1133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 580G and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580G is a desktop card while Switch GPU is a notebook one.


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