Radeon Vega 7 vs RX 580X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 580X with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

RX 580X
2018
8 GB GDDR5, 185 Watt
16.76
+124%

RX 580X outperforms Vega 7 by a whopping 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking325532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Power efficiency6.2111.38
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code namePolaris 20Cezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores2304448
Core clock speed1257 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1340 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate193.053.20
Floating-point processing power6.175 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs14428

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/sno 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 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
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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 HD45−50
+105%
22
−105%
1440p70−75
+119%
32
−119%
4K35−40
+119%
16
−119%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.76 7.47
Recency 11 April 2018 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 45 Watt

RX 580X has a 124.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 311.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580X is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


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