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Radeon RX 580 2048SP

4.2 · 470 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,048
FP32
5.259 TF
Bandwidth
224 GB/s
TDP
150W
Boost
1284 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 compute5.259 TFLOPS5%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,0489%
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 Spy6,480pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)2,700pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)832spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute33,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming18
Ray tracing15
AI / Compute14
Creator / 3D16
Power efficiency11
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 16 fps
1080p
21
1440p
16
4K
10
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 22 fps
1080p
30
1440p
22
4K
14
Alan Wake 2avg 13 fps
1080p
17
1440p
13
4K
8
Forza Horizon 5avg 23 fps
1080p
31
1440p
23
4K
14
Baldur's Gate 3avg 19 fps
1080p
25
1440p
19
4K
12
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners praise it as a solid 1080p card that still handles most games fine. The usual gripe is it runs hot and loud under load, needing a good fan curve.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at 1080p fine
  • Stays cool in most cases
  • Eight gigs future-proofs your games
  • Good value on the used market
Cons
  • No modern driver support
  • Lacks ray tracing completely
  • Fan noise under heavy load

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Process node
14 nm
Transistors
5.7 B
Compute Units
32
Release date
2018
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
L2 cache
2 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
224 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1168 MHz
Boost clock
1284 MHz
FP32 (float)
5.259 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
5.259 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
41 GPixel/s
Texture rate
164.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
150W
Suggested PSU
300W
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 DVI, 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 2048SP

The RX 580 2048SP is a rebadged, cut-down Polaris chip that trades raw speed for lower power draw.

Get it if you need a cheap, reliable 1080p card for older games and don’t care about modern features. Skip it if you want to play new titles at high settings or use ray tracing.

Buy it if…

  • You’re building a budget 1080p gaming PC from used parts.
  • You need a cheap GPU with lots of memory for modded older games.
  • You want a reliable workhorse for esports titles like Fortnite or CS2.
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