AMD Radeon RX 580 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT Navi 21
• Execution units
  36 80
• Shader
  2304 5120
• Render Output Units
  32 128
• Texture Units
  144 320

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2 GHz

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.825 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.340 GHz 2.250 GHz

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  185 W 300 W

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2020