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| Game | Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB | Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 42% | 7% |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 42% | 7% |
| Halo: Reach | 81% | 70% |
| Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order | 20% | 28% |
| Borderlands 3 | 38% | 2% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 20% | 28% |
| FIFA 20 | 69% | 50% |
| Fortnite: Chapter 2 | 73% | 57% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 60% | 37% |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection | 33% | 7% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB are significantly better than the AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB.
The RX 5700 XT has a 393 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 580. This results in the RX 5700 XT providing 83 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RX 5700 XT has a 393 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the RX 580. This results in the RX 5700 XT providing 65.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX 5700 XT was released over a year more recently than the RX 580, and so the RX 5700 XT is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the RX 580.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB and the Radeon RX 580 8GB have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The RX 5700 XT has 192 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 580, which means that the memory performance of the RX 5700 XT is massively better than the RX 580.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB has 2560 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon RX 580 8GB has 2304. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5700 XT is 3170 and the actual shader performance of the RX 580 is 3087. The RX 5700 XT having 83 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RX 5700 XT delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 580.
The RX 5700 XT transistor size technology is 7 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RX 580. This means that the RX 5700 XT is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RX 580.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB requires 225 Watts to run and the Radeon RX 580 8GB requires 150 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RX 5700 XT and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the RX 580. The RX 5700 XT requires 75 Watts more than the RX 580 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RX 5700 XT may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 580.
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 65.7 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 155.9 FPS on PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 200+ FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 41.6 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 82.3 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 53.3 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB gets 90.9 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
| Core Speed | 1650 MHz |  | vs | 1257 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1905 MHz | | vs | 1340 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | GCN 1.3 Polaris 20 XTX | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 21 Aug 2019 |  | vs | 18 Apr 2017 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.9
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vs | 8
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| 3840x2160 | 7.7
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vs | 6
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | | 8192 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | vs | | 2000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | | vs | 256GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2560 | | vs | 2304 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 14nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | | vs | 144 | |
| Texture Rate | 264 GTexel/s | | vs | 181 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 105.6 GPixel/s | | vs | 40.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | vs | | 2 | |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | 2 | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 225 Watts | vs | | 150 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 650 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 33 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | vs | | Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB is an Enthusiast gaming Graphics Card based on the first (1.0) Revision of the RDNA Architecture. Architecture The Navi 10 XL GPU offers support for GDDR6 Memory, DirectX 12.0, Vulkan 1.0, and OpenGL 4.5. This variant of the Navi 10 XL GPU features 40 Compute Units activated, offering 2560 Shader Processing Units, 160 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The GPU features a 1605 MHz base clock speed and up to 1905 MHz with boost clock, making it an estimated 15% faster than a Radeon RX Vega 64. This puts its predicted performance roughly in line with the GeForce RTX 2080. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at 1650 MHz, rising to 1905 MHz with boost clock enabled. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with high-speed GDDR6 and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit memory interface, providing total memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 8GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However,the GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming, In some limited scenarios, 8GB might be a bottleneck and Performance could be better were the Frame Buffer larger, however this would only be an issue in the most demanding games. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 225W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with one available 8+6-pin connector. Performance The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB competes with GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, which is available for $599. Specs currently available suggest the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB performance should be in the same region as the GeForce RTX 2070. System Suggestions The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). For the most demanding AAA games it should be ideally suited to 4K. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview First off we should point out that this is not the new AMD Vega graphics card line. The new AMD Radeon RX 500 series are an uprated version of the RX 400 series that they are replacing. This RX 580 8GB graphics card is one of the two more powerful models from the new AMD Radeon RX 500 Series. This RX 580 is the 8GB version and there is also the lower VRAM version, RX580 4GB available. Architecture It equips a GPU codenamed Polaris 20 XTX, which has 2304 shader processing units, 144 TMUs and 32 ROPs. GPU The RX 580 8GB central processing unit runs at 1257MHz and goes up to 1340MHz when in boost and turbo mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 8GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock operates at 2000MHz. Power Consumption The RX 580 8GB has a power TDP requirement of 150W. This means it will require at least a 500W PSU with one dedicated 8-pin connector. Performance Early benchmarks indicate that the AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB will be similar in performance to the Nvidia GTX 1060 in terms of gaming performance. This puts the RX 580 8GB about 8% faster than the model it replaced, the AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB. Comparing the RX 580 to RX 570 we see 1440p frame rates around 8-15% better with the RX580 version System Suggestions The new Radeon RX 580 8GB releases on the 18th April 2017 and is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1440. We recommend a high-end processor, like the new Ryzen R5 and at least 8GB of RAM for optimal gaming performance. | |||
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