The Radeon Pro 580X is a professional mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on March 18th, 2019. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Ellesmere graphics processor, in its Ellesmere XTA variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. The Ellesmere graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 232 mm² and 5,700 million transistors. It features 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon Pro 580X, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1100 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1200 MHz, memory is running at 1710 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective). The AMD Radeon Pro 580X uses Apple's MPX form factor, which is a proprietary interface design that combines a traditional PCI-Express x16 slot with a second custom-Apple connector, to provide additional data bandwidth and power delivery capability. The MPX slot is backwards compatible with classic PCI-Express x16 cards, which may be installed in the PCIe slot part of MPX. Separate power cables are not required, power draw is rated at 185 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x HDMI 2.0b.