Radeon WattMan RX 580 Linux Tests for a future article on Phoronix. Stock RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0616 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180613, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 POWER_SAVING: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0616 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180613, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 100W Power Cap: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0616 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180613, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 70W Power Cap: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0616 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180613, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 50W Power Cap: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0616 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180613, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 F1 2017 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 88 |========================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 87 |========================================================= 100W Power Cap . 81 |===================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 58 |====================================== 50W Power Cap .. 30 |==================== F1 2017 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.37 |===================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 0.36 |==================================================== 100W Power Cap . 0.39 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.36 |==================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.24 |================================== F1 2017 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 54.0 MAX: 69.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 59.5 MAX: 68.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 28.0 AVG: 56.0 MAX: 65.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 28.0 AVG: 48.3 MAX: 56.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 27.0 AVG: 40.8 MAX: 45.0 F1 2017 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 71 AVG: 237 MAX: 294 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 63 AVG: 243 MAX: 289 100W Power Cap . MIN: 46 AVG: 210 MAX: 242 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 52 AVG: 162 MAX: 180 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 51 AVG: 125 MAX: 153 Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 30.75 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 30.80 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 28.40 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 21.35 |====================================== 50W Power Cap .. 9.75 |================= Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Prophets Tomb Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 20.30 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 20.25 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 18.65 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 13.65 |===================================== 50W Power Cap .. 7.20 |==================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Geothermal Valley Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 21.00 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 20.85 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 19.40 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 14.15 |===================================== 50W Power Cap .. 7.50 |==================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Geothermal Valley Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.09 |================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 0.09 |================================================== 100W Power Cap . 0.10 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.10 |======================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.07 |======================================= Rise of the Tomb Raider GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 61.4 MAX: 69.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 60.9 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 49.0 AVG: 59.4 MAX: 64.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 43.0 AVG: 52.3 MAX: 56.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 37.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 46.0 Rise of the Tomb Raider System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 76 AVG: 234 MAX: 284 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 62 AVG: 227 MAX: 285 100W Power Cap . MIN: 54 AVG: 191 MAX: 231 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 145 MAX: 178 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 113 MAX: 140 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 62.93 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 63.23 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 59.93 |==================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 44.73 |======================================= 50W Power Cap .. 23.73 |===================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 290 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 8 AVG: 16 MAX: 286 100W Power Cap . MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 314 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 9 AVG: 23 MAX: 289 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 9 AVG: 42 MAX: 286 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 41.0 AVG: 62.1 MAX: 70.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 40.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 43.0 AVG: 58.1 MAX: 63.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 39.0 AVG: 51.2 MAX: 55.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 35.0 AVG: 42.5 MAX: 45.0 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 74 AVG: 243 MAX: 290 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 81 AVG: 241 MAX: 290 100W Power Cap . MIN: 70 AVG: 204 MAX: 240 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 54 AVG: 158 MAX: 182 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 57 AVG: 127 MAX: 138 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 36.03 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 36.13 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 34.23 |==================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 25.60 |======================================= 50W Power Cap .. 13.83 |===================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 11 AVG: 28 MAX: 278 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 11 AVG: 28 MAX: 284 100W Power Cap . MIN: 12 AVG: 29 MAX: 301 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 12 AVG: 39 MAX: 283 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 11 AVG: 72 MAX: 291 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 63.2 MAX: 70.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 62.8 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 58.3 MAX: 63.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 51.4 MAX: 55.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 35.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 45.0 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 59 AVG: 243 MAX: 281 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 68 AVG: 238 MAX: 279 100W Power Cap . MIN: 48 AVG: 204 MAX: 233 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 84 AVG: 160 MAX: 175 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 89 AVG: 128 MAX: 135 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 14.50 |================================================ POWER_SAVING ... 16.63 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 15.63 |==================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 12.03 |======================================== 50W Power Cap .. 6.87 |======================= A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Extreme - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 13 AVG: 67 MAX: 284 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 13 AVG: 60 MAX: 296 100W Power Cap . MIN: 14 AVG: 62 MAX: 289 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 14 AVG: 82 MAX: 282 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 16 AVG: 145 MAX: 286 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 59.5 MAX: 66.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 60.2 MAX: 67.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 58.8 MAX: 63.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 52.3 MAX: 56.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 35.0 AVG: 44.0 MAX: 47.0 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 96 AVG: 223 MAX: 255 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 58 AVG: 221 MAX: 261 100W Power Cap . MIN: 48 AVG: 203 MAX: 226 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 157 MAX: 174 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 129 MAX: 136 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 216.72 |====================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 214.95 |====================================================== 100W Power Cap . 198.29 |================================================= 70W Power Cap .. 140.66 |=================================== 50W Power Cap .. 73.39 |================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.83 |============================================== POWER_SAVING ... 0.89 |================================================= 100W Power Cap . 1.02 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.94 |==================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.67 |===================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 45.0 AVG: 63.5 MAX: 69.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 52.0 AVG: 62.6 MAX: 68.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 49.0 AVG: 58.6 MAX: 62.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 43.0 AVG: 51.8 MAX: 53.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 41.0 AVG: 43.5 MAX: 45.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 129 AVG: 260 MAX: 277 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 60 AVG: 242 MAX: 274 100W Power Cap . MIN: 48 AVG: 195 MAX: 214 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 85 AVG: 150 MAX: 162 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 109 MAX: 123 Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 211.64 |====================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 205.10 |==================================================== 100W Power Cap . 195.86 |================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 136.05 |=================================== 50W Power Cap .. 69.62 |================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.86 |================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 0.91 |=================================================== 100W Power Cap . 0.99 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.89 |================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.61 |=================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 48.0 AVG: 64.5 MAX: 69.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 61.8 MAX: 68.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 57.6 MAX: 60.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 40.0 AVG: 51.1 MAX: 54.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 37.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 46.0 Xonotic 0.8.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 84 AVG: 247 MAX: 280 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 62 AVG: 225 MAX: 271 100W Power Cap . MIN: 54 AVG: 198 MAX: 222 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 97 AVG: 153 MAX: 171 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 114 MAX: 128 Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 23.10 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 23.10 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 21.60 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 15.20 |==================================== 50W Power Cap .. 8.10 |=================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.10 |=================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 0.10 |=================================================== 100W Power Cap . 0.11 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.11 |======================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.08 |========================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 48.0 AVG: 66.1 MAX: 70.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 65.2 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 57.6 MAX: 62.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 42.0 AVG: 52.6 MAX: 56.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 39.0 AVG: 44.0 MAX: 46.0 Unigine Superposition 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 59 AVG: 228 MAX: 256 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 54 AVG: 232 MAX: 252 100W Power Cap . MIN: 49 AVG: 192 MAX: 204 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 98 AVG: 141 MAX: 147 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 106 MAX: 119 Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 9.50 |======================================================== POWER_SAVING ... 9.40 |======================================================= 100W Power Cap . 8.70 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 6.40 |====================================== 50W Power Cap .. 3.40 |==================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 0.04 |============================================= POWER_SAVING ... 0.04 |============================================= 100W Power Cap . 0.05 |======================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 0.05 |======================================================== 50W Power Cap .. 0.03 |================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 50.0 AVG: 67.0 MAX: 70.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 47.0 AVG: 65.5 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 59.1 MAX: 63.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 46.0 AVG: 54.0 MAX: 57.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 39.0 AVG: 44.1 MAX: 46.0 Unigine Superposition 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 70 AVG: 229 MAX: 251 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 53 AVG: 227 MAX: 251 100W Power Cap . MIN: 49 AVG: 189 MAX: 200 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 139 MAX: 151 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 47 AVG: 107 MAX: 116 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock RX 580 ... 94.99 |======================================================= POWER_SAVING ... 93.40 |====================================================== 100W Power Cap . 87.48 |=================================================== 70W Power Cap .. 61.74 |==================================== 50W Power Cap .. 32.00 |=================== GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 60.4 MAX: 70.0 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 60.9 MAX: 69.0 100W Power Cap . MIN: 24.0 AVG: 57.3 MAX: 65.0 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 24.0 AVG: 50.9 MAX: 57.0 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 23.0 AVG: 43.1 MAX: 47.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Stock RX 580 ... MIN: 59 AVG: 227 MAX: 294 POWER_SAVING ... MIN: 52 AVG: 223 MAX: 290 100W Power Cap . MIN: 46 AVG: 192 MAX: 242 70W Power Cap .. MIN: 46 AVG: 148 MAX: 182 50W Power Cap .. MIN: 46 AVG: 117 MAX: 153