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AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP is a graphics card released on October 15, 2018, built on the GCN architecture. It has 2,048 shading units, 16 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.28 GHz and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 7,616 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

GCNPolaris 20

10/10 key specs recorded · 30 facts

Depth: 40 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified November 14, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

2,048cores

32 compute units

Memory

16 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

1.28 GHz

1.17 GHz base

Board power

150 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP scores 7,616 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #387), measured across 7,395 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 703.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,616

Rank #387
Faster than 85.6% of 2,658 GPUs
7,395 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 113 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 77.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 42 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 73.5% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 54 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 72.6% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 38 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 73.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,596 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 70.1% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP averages DirectX 9 113 fps, DirectX 10 42 fps, DirectX 11 54 fps, DirectX 12 38 fps and GPU Compute 2,596 ops/s, across 7,395 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 16 GB

Core clock 1168 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2019-02-12

Samples 7,395

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 16 GB of memory, a core clock of 1168 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2019-02-12. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Polaris 20

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 5,700 M

Die size 232 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Polaris 20 graphics processor, contains 5,700 million transistors and has a die size of 232 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,048

Compute units 32

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP has 2,048 shading units, 32 compute units and 32 render output units.

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.17 GHz

Boost clock 1.28 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP runs at a base clock of 1.17 GHz and boosts to 1.28 GHz.

Memory

Size 16 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 224.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP has a board power rating of 150 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 150 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched October 15, 2018

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon RX 500 Series

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP was released on October 15, 2018.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,616

PassMark G2D 703

Rank #387

Samples 7,395

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon RX580 2048SP.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon RX580 2048SP

Feex fleet

1 Feex machine reports the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP as its graphics hardware.

1 Feex machine with this GPU

The count covers machines that have reported hardware to Feex, counted once each; excluded and test machines are not counted, and no machine identity is published.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP have?

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP has 16 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 224.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP has a board power rating of 150 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP?

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP scores 7,616 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #387. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 38 fps.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP use?

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP released?

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP was released on October 15, 2018.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Polaris 20 -> GCN 4. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.