AMD's Radeon RX 500X Series Is Nothing Than Rebranded Older RX 500 Cards
AMD has released a new series of Radeons, named RX 500X. But don't get excited, as the new series is an OEM rebadge of the existing RX 500 cards.
Below are the specs of the "new" graphics cards:
| Model | CUs | Stream processors |
Base clock (MHz) |
Boost clock (MHz) |
Memory size (MB) |
Memory speed (MT/s) |
Memory bus width |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon RX 580X | 36 |
2304 |
1257 |
1340 |
8192 |
8000 |
256-bit |
| Radeon RX 570X | 32 |
2048 |
1168 |
1244 |
8192 |
7000 |
256-bit |
| Radeon RX 560X | 14/16 |
896/1024 |
1175 |
1275 |
4096 |
7000 |
128-bit |
| Radeon RX 550X | 8/10 |
512/640 |
- |
1287 |
4096 |
7000 |
128-bit |
| Radeon RX 540X | 8 |
512 |
- |
1219 |
4096 |
6000 |
128-bit |
Obviously, the next-generation Radeon hardware isn't quite ready yet.
