Best AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics card 2026 – our top picks
Reviewed By: Kevin Pocock
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In this article, we’re going to walk you through our top picks for an AMD RX 580 GPU, as a cheaper alternative to the GTX 1660. Regardless of your reasoning, we’ve gathered up the best options for the AMD RX 580 here, and we hope you find one that is right for you!
If you have any questions about the RX 580, our RX 580 reviews, or just aren’t sure which card to pick, scroll down to the bottom of the article. We have a detailed buying guide there that should answer your questions. So here are our top picks for the budget graphics card.
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GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 4GB
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,380MHz
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XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,386MHz
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Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 580 8GB
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,430MHz
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PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,380MHz
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,380MHz
- Smallest size
- Game bundle
- RGB lighting
- Expensive for 4GB
This is an… interesting card.
It’s more expensive than a Radeon RX 580 8GB, but unlike a lot of 4GB 580s being sold on Amazon. Additionally, this card is actually the smallest RX 580 currently available on the market, and boasts RGB lighting to boot! Seems like a pretty premium product, right?
Well, as alluded to above, this is a 4GB RX 580 model, which means its 1440p performance will be severely limited. If you go with this card, you’re buying it to have a small 1080p gaming card with RGB lighting, not necessarily for its performance-per-dollar. If value is what you’re looking for, we recommend looking at our next entry.
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,386MHz
- Cheapest 8GB 580
- Game bundle
- Low price
If you want the best RX 580 for the money, and arguably the best value GPU on the market, then this RX 580 may be the right one for you. At the time of writing, it’s retailing for about $190, which is well below the ~$230 that the GTX 1660 starts at. The 1160 only has a performance advantage of about 15 percent over this card, and it doesn’t have AMD’s game bundle, which offers your choice of two out of three cutting-edge AAA games from Ubisoft and Capcom.
This is the cheapest RX 580 8GB, and easily the best for most players. If you want more performance, or all three of the games on offer in the bundle… keep reading. Otherwise, you’re probably set with this card.
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,430MHz
- Unique color scheme
- Game bundle
- Full 8GB
- High price, longest card
The biggest departure that this card has over its fellow RX 580s is its aesthetics. I mean… look at it!
Boasting a powder blue shroud, white fans, and the longest length of all the cards on this list… the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580 is sure to raise quite a few eyebrows. Depending on the rest of your hardware, this card can blend into a perfect arctic theme or stick out like a mirror in a desert. If either of those sounds preferable to you, then this card may find its way into your rig based on its aesthetics alone.
Looking at this card beyond aesthetics, though, you’ll find that it has the highest out-of-the-box clock speed of all the RX 580s on this list. With the ample cooling setup, you should be able to add a healthy overclock to that, too…
- GPU: Polaris 20 XTX
- Stream processors: 2,304
- VRAM: 8GB GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 256.0GB/s
- Base clock speed: 1,257MHz
- Boost clock speed: 1,380MHz
- The most powerful card on this list
- Fair price
- Massive size
Last but not least, the PowerColor RedDevil RX 590.
“But wait,” some of you might be saying, “That clearly isn’t a 580!”
And to that I say, ”Shhh!!! We are trying to gaslight you!” Seriously, though, ignore the marketing. The RX 590 is very literally just an RX 580 with an incredibly souped-up clock speed, heatsink design, and price point. While you’re unlikely to achieve the RX 590’s level of performance with a user-end RX580 overclock (unless you’re incredibly lucky with the silicon lottery), these cards are still close enough that we’re comfortable putting them in the same article.
Putting semantics aside, the RedDevil RX 590 does boast some key advantages over the other cards on this list. Namely, that hefty overclock translates to a roughly ~17% performance boost, which makes it equivalent to the GTX 1660. For the extra $10 you’re paying for this card over the 1660, you’re getting all 3 of the games offered in AMD’s Raise The Game Bundle, instead of just two.
That alone makes this card a pretty great deal, in our opinion.
The only real downside of this card is its unreasonable size. In order to push the RX 580’s GPU this far, the RX 590 requires a triple-slot cooler design and doesn’t really save on length, either. This card is pretty large, and using it will mean that you’re likely to lose a few of your PCI slots in return.
Buying The Best RX 580 Card
If you don’t know much about buying a graphics card and aren’t sure which RX 580 to buy, don’t worry: we have you covered. Below, we’ll explain the performance you can expect with any of the graphics cards we have listed above.
How Does The RX 580 perform in games?
In general, you can expect the RX 580 to perform at anywhere from 60-100 FPS in modern games at 1080p and high/max settings. This lowers to 40-60 FPS in 1440p at the same settings in more intensive modern games, but even titles like Devil May Cry 5 can be maxed out at 60 FPS and 1440p with this graphics card if you’re using the 8GB version.
The RX 590 is pretty much the same story, seeing boosts of 10-15 FPS over the RX 580 in most scenarios. This is because the 590 is actually just a highly overclocked refresh of the RX 580, not necessarily a tier up or a generational leap. For that reason, we’ve decided to include an RX 590 in our selection above.
4GB or 8GB VRAM?
As you may guess, more is better.
But to be specific, the main difference between the 4GB and 8GB models of the RX 580 will be how well they handle higher resolutions, like 1440p. The 4GB RX 580 should perform just about the same as an 8GB 580 in most 1080p games, but when playing in 1440p, you’ll need all that extra VRAM.
To better future-proof your card, it’s best to pay a little extra for the 8GB RX 580 or RX 590. If you only plan on using this card for about a year, or if you’re sure that 1080p is okay, then 4GB will be fine.
What is the RX 580 MSRP, and how much should I be spending?
The RX 580’s MSRP is $220, and the RX 590’s MSRP is $280. Both cards have plummeted in price significantly, though: the RX 580 is now frequently found below $200, even with full 8GB VRAM, and the RX 590 can be found for under $250. At these prices and with the Raise The Game Promotion, both cards serve as an excellent buy.
At MSRP, though, both cards lose to the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti. This is worse if you aren’t interested in any of the three games included in AMD’s Raise The Game promotion.
Do factory OCs matter?
Outside of the RX 590… not really. Factory overclocks are usually fairly conservative– you aren’t going to see, say, a 20% performance boost or something like that. (At least, unless it’s the RX 590. That’s a roughly ~17% performance boost.)
The factory overclock of a given card generally won’t result in a dramatic change in performance. Your own overclocking may push it a bit farther, but even then, don’t expect anything better than a 10% performance boost, all at the cost of louder and hotter operation.
If you don’t plan on doing any overclocking or GPU tweaking of your own, though, picking a card with a higher out-of-box factory OC may be a worthwhile investment.
Do the width and length matter?
Width refers to the number of PCI slots the card takes up in the chassis. Your typical graphics card will be at least a two-slot, but some may be a three-slot. With the way most motherboards are configured, a graphics card can generally take up two slots without obstructing the next PCI slot down, but 3-slot cards will almost always result in losing at least one extra PCI slot.
Since most people only use their expansion slots for a single GPU, though, this isn’t really a problem.
Length, however, is important for any PC build. We’ve provided length measurements in millimeters alongside each of the recommended GPUs– be sure to check your case manufacturer’s specs to make sure it can fit! You don’t want to buy a GPU that’s too long to fit inside your chassis, and then find out when you attempt to install it.
In Full Tower and Mid Tower ATX cases, this will almost never be a concern. With Micro ATX and Mini ITX PC builds, however, double-check to be sure. Hell, triple-check while you’re at it.
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