AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (8GB)
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| AMDRadeon RX 580 | AMDRadeon RX 9060 XT (8GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | April 2017 | June 2025 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture | GCN 4 | RDNA 4 |
| Shader cores | 2,304 or 2,048 | 2,048 |
| Boost clock | 1,340 MHz or – | 3,130 MHz |
| Architecture | AMD 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. | 32 compute units, 64 ROPs; game clock 2530 MHz; 29.7 billion transistors |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | – |
| Ray tracing | No hardware ray accelerators | 32 third-generation Ray Accelerators |
| AI cores | – | 64 AI Accelerators; up to 410 TOPS INT8 or 821 TOPS INT4 with structured sparsity |
| Upscaling and frame generation | – | AMD FSR "Redstone" (including FSR 4 upscaling), AMD Fluid Motion Frames, Radeon Super Resolution |
| Cache | – | 32 MB AMD Infinity Cache |
| Base clock | Original 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 memory | 8 GB GDDR5 or 4 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit (better) | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s or – | 320 GB/s |
| Memory detail | Original 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 Sapphire's original 4 GB power is only stated as less than 225 W, so its numeric power remains unpublished.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 20 Gbps |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 185 W, – or 150 W | 150 W |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Display outputs | Pictured 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 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b (number of ports depends on the card) |
| Maximum resolution | MSI 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 connector | One 8-pin on the pictured MSI ARMOR, original Sapphire Pulse and both named 2048SP boards | 1 × 8-pin |
| Recommended power supply | AMD and MSI specify 500 W for the original model; Sapphire specifies 500 W for original Pulse and 450 W for the named 2048SP boards | 450 W |
| Slot width | Original Sapphire Pulse and named 2048SP designs occupy two slots; pictured MSI ARMOR is 38 mm thick | – |
| 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. | – |
| Video encode and decode | AMD publishes H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; Sapphire specifies PCIe 3.0 for the named variants | H.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode |
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