AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

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Radeon RX 580 compared with Radeon RX 7800 XT
AMDRadeon RX 580AMDRadeon RX 7800 XT
Overview
ReleasedApril 2017September 2023
Performance
Chip makerAMDAMD
ArchitectureGCN 4RDNA 3
Shader cores2,304 or 2,0483,840
Boost clock1,340 MHz or –2,430 MHz
ArchitectureAMD original 8 GB reference baseline uses fourth-generation GCN (Polaris), 36 compute units, 32 ROPs and 144 texture units. Photo shows MSI's factory-overclocked ARMOR 8G OC, not a reference card. Later 2048SP configurations below identify specific Chinese-market Sapphire boards.60 compute units, 96 ROPs, 240 texture units; game clock 2124 MHz; 28.1 billion transistors
Manufacturing process14 nm–
Ray tracingNo hardware ray accelerators60 second-generation Ray Accelerators
AI cores–120 AI Accelerators; 74.6 TOPS INT8
Upscaling and frame generation–AMD FSR, Radeon Super Resolution
Cache–64 MB AMD Infinity Cache (second generation)
Base clockOriginal AMD baseline is 1,257 MHz base and 1,340 MHz boost. Pictured MSI ARMOR 8G OC boosts to 1,366 MHz. Sapphire's 2048SP pages state core frequencies of 1,306 MHz (4 GB) and 1,284 MHz (8 GB V2) without a boost label, so numeric boost is omitted for those configurations.–
Memory
Video memory8 GB GDDR5 or 4 GB GDDR516 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s or –624 GB/s
Memory detailOriginal stock Sapphire Pulse 8 GB SKU 11265-06 has 8,000 MHz effective memory; original stock 4 GB SKU 11265-10 and the named 2048SP boards have 7,000 MHz. AMD publishes 256 GB/s only for the 8 GB baseline; bandwidth is omitted for the others. Sapphire's original 4 GB power is only stated as less than 225 W, so its numeric power remains unpublished.GDDR6 at up to 19.5 Gbps; AMD quotes up to 2708 GB/s effective bandwidth with Infinity Cache
Connections and power
Board power185 W, – or 150 W263 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0–
Display outputsPictured MSI ARMOR has 2 × DisplayPort, 2 × HDMI and dual-link DVI-D. Sapphire 2048SP 4 GB SKU 11265-65-18 has DVI-D only; 8 GB Pulse V2 SKU 11265-70-48 has one HDMI 2.0b, one DisplayPort 1.4 and DVI-D. AMD's reference feature table lists DVI as No; partner outputs vary.DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1
Maximum resolutionMSI ARMOR specifies 7680 × 4320 and five displays; Sapphire's named 2048SP 4 GB board is limited to 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz over DVI-D. Its 8 GB V2 board lists DisplayPort 5120 × 2880 at 60 Hz and HDMI 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz.–
Power connectorOne 8-pin on the pictured MSI ARMOR, original Sapphire Pulse and both named 2048SP boards2 × 8-pin
Recommended power supplyAMD and MSI specify 500 W for the original model; Sapphire specifies 500 W for original Pulse and 450 W for the named 2048SP boards700 W
Slot widthOriginal Sapphire Pulse and named 2048SP designs occupy two slots; pictured MSI ARMOR is 38 mm thick2.5-slot (reference card)
Size (reference card)Pictured MSI ARMOR is 269 × 125 × 38 mm and 653 g. Original Sapphire Pulse is 230 × 125 × 40 mm; named 2048SP 4 GB is 241 × 120 × 42 mm and 8 GB V2 is 212 × 111 × 40 mm.267 mm long, 2.5-slot (reference card)
Video encode and decodeAMD publishes H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; Sapphire specifies PCIe 3.0 for the named variantsH.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode

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