AMD launches Radeon RX 500 series

Published: Apr 18th 2017, 08:23 GMT   Comments

Today AMD unveils its refined Polaris architecture with Radeon RX 500 series.

AMD Radeon RX 500: Polaris 20 XTR, XTX and XL

Has Polaris architecture been refined, has it evolved? Well, there is only one way to find out, by reading actual reviews and those are coming later today.

Okay, but what’s XTR, XTX and XL? Those are Polaris 20 graphics processor variants. It may an important factor for your purchase. If you are after best performing Radeon RX 580 graphics card, grab XTR-based model, if you just want RX 580 on a budget, get XTX version instead.

But how to distinguish one from the other? Well, unless the manufacturer specifically states it’s XTR, it may be hard to guess. Basically, any model going past 1400 MHz out of the box is likely XTR-based and there aren’t that many of those. In other words, Polaris 20 XTR is basically highest-binned chip designed for best performance. Some reviewers will be using XTR cards others will have XTX-based samples. Unfortunately, that’s all we know right now.

Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 480 share similar specs, but there are few differences. The first thing is higher boost clock (1340 MHz vs 1266 MHz). The new dual-fan reference card has a new board equipped with a single 8-pin power connector, also TBP has been increased to 185W (I guess that explains where did higher clock come from).

AMD has not changed memory clock speed for RX 580 (which is still 8 Gbps), but RX 570 memory clock has been modified to 7 Gbps (vs 6.6 Gbps).

When it comes to cheaper cards, the RX 550 and RX 560 are using different Polaris chips. The RX 560 has full Polaris 11 (1024 cores vs 895 on RX 460), whereas the RX 550 has cut-down Polaris 12.

The following chart lists all Radeon RX 500 cards, we will add official prices and missing specs as soon as they are confirmed.

AMD Radeon RX 500 Series Specifications
 April 18th 2017Radeon RX 580Radeon RX 570Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 550
GPUPolaris 20 XTR/XTXPolaris 20 XLPolaris 11Polaris 12
Cores
 
2304
 
2048
 
1024
 
512
TMUs
 
144
 
128
 
64
 
32
ROPs
 
32
 
32
 
16
 
16
Base Clock
 
1257 MHz
 
1168 MHz
 
1175 MHz
Boost Clock
 
1340 MHz
 
1244 MHz
 
1257 MHz
 
1183 MHz
Memory Clock
 
8000 MHz
 
7000 MHz
 
7000 MHz
 
7000 MHz
Memory
 
8/4 GB G5
 
8/4 GB G5
 
4/2 GB G5
 
4/2 GB G5
Memory Bus
 
256-bit
 
256-bit
 
128-bit
 
128-bit
Bandwidth
 
256 GB/s
 
224 GB/s
 
112 GB/s
 
112 GB/s
Typical Board Power
 
185W
 
150W
 
80W
 
50W
MSRP
 
229 USD
 
169 USD
 
99 USD
 
79 USD

Fastest AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics cards


 
SAPPHIRE RX 580 8GB NITRO+ Limited Edition
Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database
GPU : Polaris 20 XT(X/R) Base Clock : 1256 MHz
Cores : 2304 Boost Clock : 1450 MHz (+8.2%)
TMUs : 144 Memory Clock : 8 Gbps
ROPs : 32 Memory : 8 GB GDDR5 256b


MSI RX 580 8GB GAMING X PLUS
Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database
GPU : Polaris 20 XT(X/R) Base Clock : 1256 MHz
Cores : 2304 Boost Clock : 1441 MHz (+7.5%)
TMUs : 144 Memory Clock : 8.1 Gbps (+1.3%)
ROPs : 32 Memory : 8 GB GDDR5 256b


GIGABYTE RX 580 8GB AORUS XTR
Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database
GPU : Polaris 20 XT(X/R) Base Clock : 1256 MHz
Cores : 2304 Boost Clock : 1439 MHz (+7.4%)
TMUs : 144 Memory Clock : 8 Gbps
ROPs : 32 Memory : 8 GB GDDR5 256b


POWERCOLOR RX 580 8GB Red Devil Golden Sample
Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database
GPU : Polaris 20 XT(X/R) Base Clock : 1256 MHz
Cores : 2304 Boost Clock : 1425 MHz (+6.3%)
TMUs : 144 Memory Clock : 8 Gbps
ROPs : 32 Memory : 8 GB GDDR5 256b


XFX RX 580 8GB GTS BLACK EDITION
Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database
GPU : Polaris 20 XT(X/R) Base Clock : 1256 MHz
Cores : 2304 Boost Clock : 1425 MHz (+6.3%)
TMUs : 144 Memory Clock : 8.1 Gbps (+1.3%)
ROPs : 32 Memory : 8 GB GDDR5 256b




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