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AMD Radeon RX 580X

The AMD Radeon RX 580X is a graphics card released on April 3, 2018, built on the GCN architecture. It has 2,304 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.34 GHz and a 185 W board power rating. It scores 7,427 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

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10/10 key specs recorded · 60 facts

Depth: 42 recorded fields, 11 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 27, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and AMD.com Specifications. Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

2,304cores

36 compute units

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

1.34 GHz

1.26 GHz base

Board power

185 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 580X scores 7,427 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #394), measured across 25 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 654.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,427

Rank #394
Faster than 85.4% of 2,658 GPUs
25 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 105 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 76.8% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 42 fps

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

DirectX 11 53 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 72.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 40 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 74.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,456 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 68.8% 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 580X averages DirectX 9 105 fps, DirectX 10 42 fps, DirectX 11 53 fps, DirectX 12 40 fps and GPU Compute 2,456 ops/s, across 25 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 6.2 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Pixel fill rate 42.88 GPixel/s stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 6.2 TFLOPS, Pixel fill rate 42.88 GPixel/s and Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 580X.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 8 GB

Core clock 1257 MHz

Memory clock 2000 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 185 W

First benchmarked 2019-02-26

Samples 25

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 580X states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 1257 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2019-02-26. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 5,700 M

Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 580X is based on the GCN architecture and contains 5,700 million transistors.

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,304

Compute units 36

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 580X has 2,304 shading units and 36 compute units.

The AMD Radeon RX 580X 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 580X.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.26 GHz

Boost clock 1.34 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 580X runs at a base clock of 1.26 GHz and boosts to 1.34 GHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 256.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 580X is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 580X has a board power rating of 185 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 185 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 April 3, 2018

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon RX

The AMD Radeon RX 580X was released on April 3, 2018.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,427

PassMark G2D 654

Rank #394

Samples 25

Graphics and compute APIs

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

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6 (stated by PassMark)

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

Features

The AMD Radeon RX 580X has 5 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Display features

Supported: AMD FreeSync

Support for AMD's variable refresh rate technology, which syncs compatible displays to the GPU to reduce tearing and stutter.
Supported: HDMI 4K output

The vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.
Supported: VR ready Radeon VR Ready Premium

The vendor states the GPU meets the requirements for running mainstream PC virtual reality headsets.

Not listed (5)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 580X supports Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 580X supports AMD FreeSync, HDMI 4K output and VR ready (Radeon VR Ready Premium) under Display features.

Software and drivers

Supported: Radeon Chill

AMD driver feature that lowers frame rate when there is little on-screen action to cut power use and heat.
Supported: Radeon ReLive

AMD's built-in tool for recording and streaming gameplay.

Not listed (6)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 580X supports Enhanced Sync, Image sharpening, Radeon Anti-Lag, Radeon Boost, Radeon Super Resolution and AMD Fluid Motion Frames. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 580X supports Radeon Chill and Radeon ReLive under Software and drivers.

Media engine

The AMD Radeon RX 580X provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265).

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon RX 580X
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode supported, decode supported	Supported	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 580X supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Display outputs

The AMD Radeon RX 580X offers outputs DisplayPort 1.4 HDR, HDMI 4K60 Support and DisplayPort 1.4.

Outputs DisplayPort 1.4 HDR, HDMI 4K60 Support

DisplayPort 1.4

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 580X is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon(TM) RX 580X.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon(TM) RX 580X

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 580X have?

The AMD Radeon RX 580X has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 256.0 GB/s.

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

The AMD Radeon RX 580X has a board power rating of 185 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 580X?

The AMD Radeon RX 580X scores 7,427 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #394. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 40 fps.