Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 vs GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX 580
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  56 36
• Shader
  3584 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  256 144

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  410 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.208 GHz+ 4 % 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.512 GHz+ 3 % 1.439 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  280 W+ 33 % 185 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- 2.2
• 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_1 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  282 mm 276 mm
• Height
  125 mm 134 mm
• Width
  50 mm 55 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  11276-01-40G GV-RX580XTRAORUS-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet