Radeon RX 580 vs TITAN V

Place in the ranking	82	244
Place by popularity	not in top-100	1
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.56
Power efficiency	12.19	8.51
Architecture	Volta (2017−2020)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GV100	Polaris 20
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2017 (7 years ago)	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

TITAN V and RX 580 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	5120	2304
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1455 MHz	1340 MHz
Number of transistors	21,100 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	185 Watt
Texture fill rate	465.6	193.0
Floating-point processing power	14.9 TFLOPS	6.175 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	32
TMUs	320	144
Tensor Cores	640	no data

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 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	3072 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	848 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	651.3 GB/s	256.0 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	7.0	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

TITAN V 44.44
+93.5%

RX 580 22.97

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

TITAN V 17125
+93.5%

RX 580 8852

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 HD	180−190 +85.6%	97 −85.6%
1440p	152 +280%	40 −280%
4K	82 +134%	35 −134%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	16.66	2.36
1440p	19.73	5.73
4K	36.57	6.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 +0%	58 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	138 +0%	138 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	83 +0%	83 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	83 +0%	83 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	294 +0%	294 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	111 +0%	111 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	122 +0%	122 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101 +0%	101 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	113 +0%	113 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	69 +0%	69 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	64 +0%	64 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270 +0%	270 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	87 +0%	87 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	34 +0%	34 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	82 +0%	82 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +0%	44 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

+0%

60−65

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Hitman 3	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	53 +0%	53 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	37 +0%	37 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	22 +0%	22 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	33 +0%	33 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +0%	27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18 +0%	18 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	41 +0%	41 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

This is how TITAN V and RX 580 compete in popular games:

TITAN V is 86% faster in 1080p
TITAN V is 280% faster in 1440p
TITAN V is 134% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	44.44	22.97
Recency	7 December 2017	18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	185 Watt

TITAN V has a 93.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

RX 580, on the other hand, has 35.1% lower power consumption.

The TITAN V is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 580 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.