AMD Radeon RX 580 equipped with dual memory, 16 GB variant appears 5 years after launch

The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP graphics card is almost 5 years old, but Chinese manufacturers have started offering the GPU with twice the memory capacity.

China-exclusive AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP GPU comes with double VRAM but weak performance

The GPU industry in China has witnessed some pretty weird products several times in the past; However, we have taken up a new case, this time the "legacy" AMD Radeon RX 580 is equipped with a 16 GB VRAM.

This unique AMD Radeon RX 580 is offered by the Chinese supplier "Kinology". You haven't heard this name before because the company is not an official board partner of AMD, but instead offers custom designs based on AMD's architecture. By default, the Radeon RX 580 was equipped with 8 GB of memory, and Kinology doubles the VRAM, reaching a total of 16 GB. But does doubling the memory cause a significant performance hit? We will certainly answer this later.

Although no reviewer has yet analyzed the GPU (due to its limited availability outside of China), we can get an idea of it through a listing on JD.com. As spotted by Videocardz, the images attached to the listing reveal that the GPU was running on the WHQL-certified "23.5.2" driver. Therefore, we can say that the GPU is fully compatible with the official AMD GPU drivers and the performance figures acquired will certainly be somewhat accurate.

The AMD Radeon RX 580 16 GB GPU was tested against older generation counterparts such as NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1060 and GTX 1650. Despite having almost four times the memory, the Radeon RX 580 lagged behind the GTX 1060 in Ludashi benchmarks (a widely known benchmark) . synthetic benchmark in China). However, it outperformed NVIDIA's relatively recent GTX 1650 and RTX 3050 mobile GPUs.

The results are undoubtedly disappointing, but you shouldn't expect much considering this card is super old by today's standards. GPUs with uneven VRAM have often appeared online in China, and most of them have a relationship with the crypto mining boom of 2019-2021. The card also appears to be making a marketing effort around the latest 16GB variants that have been increasing in popularity ever since the failed launch of the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB. This graphics card can sell for a bargain and people might think they have a great 16GB card that is all the rage these days, but that won't be the case.

The AMD Radeon RX 580 16GB GPU retails at RMB 599 / USD $83, which is quite a decent price and can be useful in applications that require high VRAM. However, it is still interesting to see such "modified" products emerging as it gives an idea of what small businesses are "making" when it comes to innovations.