PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT Red Devil vs AMD Radeon RX 580

PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT Red Devil $999
AMD Radeon RX 580 $229
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2340MHz
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
1340MHz
FP32
23.96 TFLOPS
FP32
6.17 TFLOPS
FP16
47.92 TFLOPS
FP16
6.17 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
390W
TDP
185W
Power Connectors
-
3x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 171,720
56%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 169,050
94%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 118,605
58%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 405
68%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
PowerColor
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTX
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 20
Variant
Polaris 20 XTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/8/2020
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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-
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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-
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
36 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1825MHz Base
2340MHz
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-
1257MHz Base
1340MHz
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FP16
47.92 TFLOPS
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FP16
6.17 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.96 TFLOPS
FP32
6.17 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
FP64
1.5 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.39 TFLOPS
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-
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Pixel Fillrate
299.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
42.88 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
748.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
192.96 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
-
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
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TDP
390W
TDP
185W
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.0
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-
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCE 3.0
Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
-
-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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-
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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3x Fans
-
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
-
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3x 8-Pin
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-
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Power Connectors
-
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1x 8-Pin
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-
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Slots Required
3.1
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
135 mm (5.31 in)
Width
320 mm (12.6 in)
Depth
62 mm (2.44 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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