Radeon RX 580X vs RX 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 8060S with Radeon RX 580X, including specs and performance data.

RX 8060S
2025
40.38
+124%

8060S outperforms 580X 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 ranking118341
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data7.48
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year ago)11 April 2018 (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 cores402304
Core clock speedno data1257 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 MHz1340 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data185 Watt
Texture fill rateno data193.0
Floating-point processing powerno data6.175 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data144
L1 Cacheno data576 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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 HD103
+129%
45−50
−129%
1440p51
+143%
21−24
−143%
4K35
+150%
14−16
−150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+135%
95−100
−135%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
+143%
40−45
−143%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 130−140
+127%
60−65
−127%
Counter-Strike 2 215
+126%
95−100
−126%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%
Far Cry 5 96
+140%
40−45
−140%
Fortnite 170−180
+133%
75−80
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+142%
65−70
−142%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+133%
55−60
−133%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
+143%
40−45
−143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+126%
70−75
−126%
Valorant 230−240
+134%
100−105
−134%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 130−140
+127%
60−65
−127%
Counter-Strike 2 109
+142%
45−50
−142%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+133%
120−130
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%
Far Cry 5 95
+138%
40−45
−138%
Fortnite 170−180
+133%
75−80
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+142%
65−70
−142%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+133%
55−60
−133%
Grand Theft Auto V 127
+131%
55−60
−131%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
+143%
40−45
−143%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+145%
40−45
−145%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+126%
70−75
−126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+126%
65−70
−126%
Valorant 230−240
+134%
100−105
−134%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+127%
60−65
−127%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%
Far Cry 5 92
+130%
40−45
−130%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+142%
65−70
−142%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
+143%
40−45
−143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+126%
70−75
−126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+124%
45−50
−124%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 170−180
+133%
75−80
−133%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 71
+137%
30−33
−137%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
+139%
120−130
−139%
Grand Theft Auto V 70
+133%
30−33
−133%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+150%
24−27
−150%
Valorant 260−270
+141%
110−120
−141%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
+129%
45−50
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+129%
21−24
−129%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+148%
40−45
−148%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+136%
50−55
−136%
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
+129%
21−24
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+126%
35−40
−126%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 100−110
+142%
45−50
−142%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 36
+125%
16−18
−125%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+153%
30−33
−153%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+144%
27−30
−144%
Valorant 240−250
+125%
110−120
−125%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
+141%
27−30
−141%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+126%
35−40
−126%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+138%
24−27
−138%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 50−55
+125%
24−27
−125%

This is how RX 8060S and RX 580X compete in popular games:

  • RX 8060S is 129% faster in 1080p
  • RX 8060S is 143% faster in 1440p
  • RX 8060S is 150% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 40.38 18.00
Recency 6 January 2025 11 April 2018

RX 8060S has a 124.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 years.

The Radeon RX 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 580X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 8060S is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 580X is a desktop one.

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