Radeon RX 580 VS Radeon RX 9070

We are comparing the Radeon RX 580 ( AMD ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 9070 ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Note: This comparison of Radeon RX 580 vs. Radeon RX 9070 is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.

Last Updated: August 20, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 580 AND Radeon RX 9070

Here’s how Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 9070 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.

Radeon RX 9070: 5 advantages

Why Radeon RX 9070 is the best choice:

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  • 538% higher 4K Ultra FPS (83 vs 13)
  • 435% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (139 vs 26)
  • 362% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (180 vs 39)
  • 88% higher Boost Clock (2520 MHz vs 1340 MHz)
  • 518% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (26923 vs 4354)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 580 AND Radeon RX 9070

Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 9070.

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 9070
General Info
GPU Name: Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 9070
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: Polaris 20 Navi 48
Vendor: AMD AMD
Foundry: GlobalFoundries TSMC
Architecture: GCN 4.0 RDNA 4.0
Generation: Polaris (RX 500) Navi IV (RX 9000)
Release Date: April 18, 2017 March 6, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe Version: 3.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: 16 x16
Process Size: 14 nm 4 nm
Transistors: 5.7 billion 53.9 billion
Density: 24.6 MTr/mm² 151.19 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 232 mm² 356.5
Board Length: 241 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 185 W 220 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 36 56
Shading Units: 2304 3584
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 144 224
Render Output Units (ROPs): 32 128
Tensor Cores: 112
Ray Tracing Cores: 56
Base Clock: 1257 MHz 1330
Boost Clock: 1340 MHz 2520
L1 Cache: 16 KB (per CU) 128 KB per cluster
L2 Cache: 2 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache: 64 MB
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 42.88 GPixel/s 322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 193.0 GTexel/s 564.5 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 6.175 TFLOPs 36.13 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Size: 8 GB 16 GB
Memory Bus Width: 256-bit 256-bit
Memory Clock: 2000 MHz 2518
Effective Memory Speed: 8000 Mbps 20100
Bandwidth: 256 GB/s 640
APIs
DirectX: 12.0 12
Vulkan: 1.3 1.3
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 2.1 2.2
CUDA: No
Ray Tracing: 0 Yes
DLSS: 0 No
DisplayPort: 1.4a 2.1a
HDMI: 2.0b 2.1b
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 39 180
1440p Ultra (FPS): 26 139
4K Ultra (FPS): 13 83
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 4179 22669
Time Spy 4354 26923
Solar Bay 105195
Port Royal 527 16114
Fire Strike 14979 60172
Wild Life Extreme 8915 48175
Night Raid 56861 176602
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 40514 149949
Background Blur 59.5 img/sec 377.5
Face Detection 33.8 img/sec 221.3
Horizon Detection 1.56 Gpixels/sec 6.4
Edge Detection 3.1 Gpixels/sec 8.99
Gaussian Blur 2.92 Gpixels/sec 8.52
Feature Matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 1.36
Stereo Matching 161.8 Gpixels/sec 606
Particle Physics 5395.1 8521.2
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 8792 25420
G2D Mark 769 1272
DirectX 11 60 279
DirectX 12 43 74
GPU Compute 3431 14801
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 274.70
Aztec Ruins Normal 1412.60
Car Chase 1332.40
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 1061.20
T-Rex 4127.00
Tessellation 6097.50
ALU 2 7774.70
Driver Overhead 2 276.10
API OpenGL
OS Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 392 2729
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 7905 37056
Half Precision 8166 54866
Quantized 5642 29946
Image Classification 3143 15375
Image Segmentation 3955 37834
Image Super Resolution 7872 43910
Face Detection 11922 67858
Pose Estimation 41162 172939
Text Classification 1199 4469
Machine Translation 1773 8499
Object Detection 3620 15393
Depth Estimation 13995 66890
Style Transfer 84083 365633
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 3674 17149
1440p Vulkan 2454 12146
2160p Vulkan 1331 5814
1080p OpenGL 3778 17615
1440p OpenGL 2568 11876
2160p OpenGL 1354 5810

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 580 AND Radeon RX 9070

The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 9070 stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
Radeon RX 580
Radeon RX 9070

Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
Radeon RX 580
Radeon RX 9070

Release Timeline of Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 9070

Radeon RX 580
2879 days
Radeon RX 9070

Radeon RX 580 was released 7 years, 10 months, 16 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070.

Value For Money Calculator

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Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5
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Radeon RX 9070

16 GB GDDR6
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Domain Score Summary

Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 9070
ALL
Overall
Difference: 30
Leads
Radeon RX 580
53
Radeon RX 9070
83
Gaming Performance
Difference: 38
Leads
Radeon RX 580
37
Radeon RX 9070
75
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 47
Leads
Radeon RX 580
31
Radeon RX 9070
78
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 24
Leads
Radeon RX 580
62
Radeon RX 9070
86
Workstation
Difference: 23
Leads
Radeon RX 580
43
Radeon RX 9070
66
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 83
Leads
Radeon RX 580
17
Radeon RX 9070
100
Note: If a domain shows no data, it usually means required specs are missing for the item.

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the Radeon RX 9070 dominates overall compared to the Radeon RX 580. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.

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