AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT Navi 21 XT
• Execution units
  36 72
• Shader
  2304 4608
• Render Output Units
  32 128
• Texture Units
  144 288

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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.925 GHz+ 5 %
• Boost Clock
  1.340 GHz 2.360 GHz+ 5 %

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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 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 Q1/2021