The AMD Radeon RX 580 & RX 570 Review: A Second Path to Polaris
by Ryan Smith on April 18, 2017 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- AMD
- Radeon
- Polaris
- Radeon RX 500
Meet the Cards: PowerColor & Sapphire
For today's launch, AMD sampled us a pair of partner cards: PowerColor's Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8GB, and Sapphire's Nitro+ RX 570. The Red Devil RX 580 sports a modest factory overclock, while the Nitro+ 570 takes comes with a more aggressive factory overclock.
| Radeon RX 500 Series Cards | ||||||
| PowerColor Red Devil RX 580 | Radeon RX 580 (Reference) |
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 | Radeon RX 570 (Reference) |
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| Boost Clock | 1380MHz | 1340MHz | 1340MHz | 1244MHz | ||
| Memory Clock | 8Gbps | 8Gbps | 7Gbps | 7Gbps | ||
| VRAM | 8GB | 8GB | 4GB | 4GB | ||
| TBP | 220W? | 185W | 195W | 150W | ||
| Length | 9.5" | N/A | 10.5" | N/A | ||
| Width | Double Slot | N/A | Double Slot | N/A | ||
| Cooler Type | Open Air | N/A | Open Air | N/A | ||
| Price | $249 | $229 | $199 | $169 | ||
Both of the cards are relatively typical for a custom, factory overclocked design. Along with their overclocks, they feature a dual fan open air cooler. PowerColor is charging a $20 premium on their card, while Sapphire makes that $30 for the Nitro+ RX 570.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 580
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 570
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mpokwsths - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Good job Anandtech! Didn't expect it so quickly.P.S.: First! ;)
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Second!(Hey, wait a sec, isn't this my site?!)
ddriver - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
You own it?at80eighty - Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - link
He's the boss. you're not. do the math.AndrewJacksonZA - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Hehe. :-)rocky12345 - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Ryan I think because you did the review and posted that makes you first post no matter what. Good review by the way thank you.theangryintern - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
You do realize that this review has probably been done for at least a week, right? They were under NDA until this morning.Drumsticks - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
That doesn't mean a review was guaranteed. Anandtech, while putting out phenomenal reviews, occasionally delivered them later than launch day.This one was great too, by the way, thanks!
Drumsticks - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Also, I should add that they've been way more timely lately, which is great.Samus - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
It's amazing people will find any excuse to dismiss a launch day review...