Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $229

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

KAER AMD Radeon RX 580 Graphics Card, 8GB, GDDR5, 256 Bit, DirectX 12, PCI Express 3.0, DP/HDMI/DVI-D, Desktop Gaming Video Card, Computer GPU…

Xynsviu Radeon RX580 4G Graphics Card, with 6 HDMI Monitor Graphics Card,Computer PC GPU GDDR5 128 Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, DisplayPort Low-Profile Video Cards (6HDMI AMD RX 580 4G)

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€261.25

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Same as Founder's Edition

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASRock AMD Radeon RX6900XT Graphics Board GDDR6 16GB [Domestic Authorized Dealer] RX RX 6900 XT PG D 16G OC

Sapphire 11308-03-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire 11308-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Gigabyte PowerColor Red Devil Limited Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire 11308-08-20G Toxic AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms Radeon RX 580 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 580 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1289 days newer than Radeon RX 580.

Advantages of Radeon RX 580

Up to 44% better value when playing Overwatch 2 than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $1.56 vs $2.77 per FPS
Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 185 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6900 XT

Performs up to 342% better in Overwatch 2 than Radeon RX 580 - 358 vs 81 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 580 - 16 vs 8 GB

This is a free version of Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

FPS

23%

Value, €/FPS

€1.56/FPS

100%

Price, €

€126.12

100%

Value Winner

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

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In Stock

Updated 194 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

358

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.77/FPS

56%

Price, €

€990.98

12%

FPS Winner

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

Buy for €990.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 194 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

175

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

164

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Maximum

155

FPS

225

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

368

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

217

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

15%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

27%

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

720 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 580	vs	Radeon RX 6900 XT
Apr 18th, 2017	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Polaris	Generation	Navi II
$229	MSRP	$999
1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
256 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1257 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1340 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz