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Radeon RX 580

4.1 · 2,213 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,304
FP32
6.175 TF
Bandwidth
256 GB/s
TDP
185W
Boost
1340 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute6.175 TFLOPS6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s14%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,30411%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency11/10019%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy7,560pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)3,240pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)988spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute38,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming21
Ray tracing18
AI / Compute16
Creator / 3D19
Power efficiency11
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 26 fps
1080p
47
1440p
22
4K
10
Counter-Strike 2avg 63 fps
1080p
121
1440p
47
4K
20
Fortniteavg 59 fps
1080p
103
1440p
51
4K
22
Battlefield 5avg 62 fps
1080p
90
1440p
61
4K
36
Far Cry 5avg 47 fps
1080p
69
1440p
47
4K
25
Valorantavg 153 fps
1080p
150
1440p
189
4K
121

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
103fps
1440p
41fps
4K
35fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($229) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.51
1440p
$5.64
4K
$6.57
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love it for being a cheap, reliable 1080p card that still plays modern games at medium settings. The usual gripe is it runs hot and drinks power like it’s free.

Pros
  • Great 1080p gaming for cheap
  • Plays modern games at high settings
  • Still gets driver updates from AMD
  • Runs older games with zero effort
Cons
  • Pulls too much power for its age
  • Lacks modern ray tracing support
  • Noisy under heavy gaming load

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Process node
14 nm
Transistors
5.7 B
Compute Units
36
Release date
2017
Launch price
$229
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,304
TMUs
144
ROPs
32
L2 cache
2 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
256 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1257 MHz
Boost clock
1340 MHz
FP32 (float)
6.175 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
6.175 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
43 GPixel/s
Texture rate
193 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
185W
Suggested PSU
350W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
241 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_0)
Shader Model
6.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 580

The AMD Radeon RX 580 is a reliable 1080p workhorse from 2017 that still gets the job done, but its age shows in power draw.

Get it if you need a cheap, reliable 1080p card for older games and don't mind high power draw. Skip it if you want modern features, ray tracing, or efficient performance for newer titles.

Buy it if…

  • You want a cheap 1080p card for older games.
  • You run Linux and need solid open-source driver support.
  • You are building a budget eSports rig for CS2 or Valorant.
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