PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT (GCN 4) Navi 14 XTX
• Execution units
  36 22
• Shader
  2304 1408
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  144 88

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.647 GHz+ 2 %
• Boost Clock
  1.380 GHz+ 3 % 1.845 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.737 GHz+ 1 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 130 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 80 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 41 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_1
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  Non addressable LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  255 mm 281 mm
• Height
  157 mm 115 mm
• Width
  46 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  AXRX 580 8GBD5-3DH/OC GV-R55XTGAMING OC-4GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet