Thursday, April 13th 2017
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AMD's RX 500 Series Specifications, Performance Leaked
A leak of what appears to be AMD's presentation on the Radeon RX 500 series has brought confirmation on specifications and details of the new line-up - which includes the RX 580, RX 570, the (until now) missing RX 560, and the RX 550. It would seem AMD has now opted for a new, dual-fan reference design, instead of their usual single-fan, blower-style coolers.
The RX 580 has a base clock of 1257 MHz, and a boost clock of 1340 MHz (74 MHz greater than the RX 480's 1266 MHz). It's a Polaris chip alright, packing the same 36 Compute Units (2304 Stream Processors, and up to 8 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 256-bit interface. AMD apparently decided to compare the RX 580 to the R9 380, which allows the company to show some relevant performance improvements (which wouldn't be possible with the RX 480, now would it.)The RX 570 also keeps the same core configuration as the RX 470 it substitutes, but with an increased boost clock up to 1244 MHz (by 38 MHz over the reference values for the RX 470) over 32 Compute Units, and will be offered in 4 GB and 8 GB variants.The RX 560, on the other hand, is where AMD has decided to mix up the game a little, with the RX 560 seeing an increased Stream Processor count over its previous-gen counterpart: 1024 against the RX 460's 896. It's TMUs also see an increase from 56 to 64, though the number of ROPs remains the same. It also features the greatest boost clock increase of the entire RX 500 series, at 57 MHz (to 1257 MHz on the RX 560 over the RX 460's 1200 MHz.) This card will see configurations with up to 4 GB memory over a 128-bit bus.Finally, the new kid on the block, the RX 550 comes in at 512 Stream Processors (8 CUs) clocked in at 1183 MHz boost. Its 2 GB of memory seem appropriate to the crunching prowess of the little card that will, which AMD is positioning for competitive MOBA's and lower-requirements gaming.
Sources:
Videocardz, Jisakutech
The RX 580 has a base clock of 1257 MHz, and a boost clock of 1340 MHz (74 MHz greater than the RX 480's 1266 MHz). It's a Polaris chip alright, packing the same 36 Compute Units (2304 Stream Processors, and up to 8 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 256-bit interface. AMD apparently decided to compare the RX 580 to the R9 380, which allows the company to show some relevant performance improvements (which wouldn't be possible with the RX 480, now would it.)The RX 570 also keeps the same core configuration as the RX 470 it substitutes, but with an increased boost clock up to 1244 MHz (by 38 MHz over the reference values for the RX 470) over 32 Compute Units, and will be offered in 4 GB and 8 GB variants.The RX 560, on the other hand, is where AMD has decided to mix up the game a little, with the RX 560 seeing an increased Stream Processor count over its previous-gen counterpart: 1024 against the RX 460's 896. It's TMUs also see an increase from 56 to 64, though the number of ROPs remains the same. It also features the greatest boost clock increase of the entire RX 500 series, at 57 MHz (to 1257 MHz on the RX 560 over the RX 460's 1200 MHz.) This card will see configurations with up to 4 GB memory over a 128-bit bus.Finally, the new kid on the block, the RX 550 comes in at 512 Stream Processors (8 CUs) clocked in at 1183 MHz boost. Its 2 GB of memory seem appropriate to the crunching prowess of the little card that will, which AMD is positioning for competitive MOBA's and lower-requirements gaming.
68 Comments on AMD's RX 500 Series Specifications, Performance Leaked
Also, 3rd gen 14nm, soooo LPC?
(I hope now people will finally stop saying that P10 was on LPE, bc if it was, the jump in performance would be larger then this)
And that 560 is now the same chip AMD sold Apple for MBpros. That should make it worthwhile this time.
The cooling seems awesome for a reference card. They really stepped up the game.
Ouch.
Here AMD, have some more straws and clutch harder.
Says the Ryzen owning AMD hater.
I mean the only decent thing is that the 560 now has the full Polaris 11 chip, otherwise disappointing.
All honestly speaking, I feel like RTG is not getting enough resources to work on good GPUs. I bet all resources were pulled to the design/launch of RyZen.
Right at the time when they finally have a cpu that actually has some rewarding features they give up on the graphics market highend?
Like how long now has it been since they were competitive at the top? Since 2014 when the 290X was toppled by the GTX 980 (and 970 in most tests)? Fury X was topped by the 980 Ti and there was nothing in the last round for amd enthusiasts.
Is vega even going to compete? Or will Nv's 3 year lead prove too much to come back from?
Why did they have to kneecap their line in one market to re-enter another?
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The 560 looks to be a solid 1080p card, but those are a dime a dozen anyhow.
i hope they will not do the same for Vega and compare it to 1070 & fury x and fool themself for improvment
IF AMD had used 9GHz memory for the 580 and 8 for the 560... I'd be excited. But as it is now?
Nope. :( The R9 Fury X is their previous Flagship. The 1070 is the most popular high end current gen GPU. Of course I'd ALSO want 1080 Ti comparisons (though seeing how massive Vega is, it HAS to beat the TXp or else I consider it an engineering failure) but Fury X and 1070 are legit comparisons.
AMD posed polaris as a big "you don't need top tier card for VR" campaign. Now look at them finally realizing it is impossible for their low tier GPU to tackle VR. They screwed over a lot of customers who bought into their hype. Over reddit/vive there were users who bought the Vive/480 during discount and later have to shell out even more to by 1080 just so they can enjoy the HMD they bought.
I am seriously disappointed in RTG, more than ever. Knowing me as a guy who exclusively bought ATI cards. RTG is just no good now. They can only do some low end GPUs and that is it.
I have a strong feeling that VEGA will be another major disappointment as well. RTG, never fails to underwhelm you.