18score
#113 of 131
Overall rank

Radeon RX 580X

3.7 · 11 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases.

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 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 love it for crushing 1080p gaming without breaking the bank. The usual gripe is it runs hot and guzzles power compared to newer cards.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at high settings
  • Runs cool without loud fan noise
  • Handles demanding textures without stutter
  • Great value for 1080p gaming
Cons
  • No ray tracing hardware support
  • Lacks modern encoder quality
  • Drivers are now legacy only

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
2018
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 580X

A decent 1080p card from 2018 that runs hot and loud under load compared to later options.

Get it if you want a cheap, used card for 1080p gaming at medium settings and don't mind older tech. Skip it if you need modern features like ray tracing or want to play demanding new games at high detail.

Buy it if…

  • Buy it if you need a cheap 1080p card for esports games.
  • Buy it if you are building a budget retro gaming PC.
  • Buy it if you want a basic GPU for a secondary or HTPC rig.
3.7

11 votes

Rate this GPU

Add your verdict