ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G vs ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB

GPU comparison with benchmarks The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.36 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G	GPU	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Polaris 20 XT	GPU Chip	Navi 24 XT
GCN 4	Architecture	RDNA 2
36	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
2304	Shader	1024
32	Render Output Units	32
144	Texture Units	64
0	Raytracing Cores	16

Memory The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.000 GHz	Memory Clock	2.250 GHz
8.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	18.0 Gbps
256 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	144 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	64 bit

Clock Speeds The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 2.815 GHz.
1.257 GHz	Base Clock	2.200 GHz
1.360 GHz	Boost Clock	2.815 GHz
1.34 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.61 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
185 W	TDP	107 W
--	TDP (up)	--
90 °C	Tjunction max	97 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G are cooled with a Air cooling. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 100 mm	Fan 1	1 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	2
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
242 mm	Length	179 mm
129 mm	Height	124 mm
38 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	385 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G was released in Q4/2017. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.
DUAL-RX580-8G	Part-no	RX6500XT CLI 4G
Q4/2017	Release date	Q1/2022
229 $	Launch Price	199 $ (Reference)
14 nm	Structure size	6 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
1.257 GHz, 8 GB (185 W TDP)

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ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (107 W TDP)

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score


	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	1972
	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	2274

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	141

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

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The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

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Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL


	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	43000
	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	49896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	40241
	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	55054

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	42492
	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	50239

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)


	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	5.68
	ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB 4 GB GDDR6	5.77

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

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