Question got an RX 580 2048sp instead of an RX 580

[nota580]

So, I recently bought a new pc from a place that is 2 hours far by car from home (I live in an isolated area so returning the card isn't so easy) and the pc had an RX580 in it advertised

I was checking and turns out it's the 2048sp 8gb version instead of a legit 580, i've been so bugged since i've discovered that even though the difference isn't huge

is there really a big difference between the 2048sp 8gb and the actual 8gb version? :/

 

[hotaru.hino]

There's no such thing as a RX 580 2048 SP version. The only RX 500 series card with 2048 SPs is the RX 570. The RX 570 is about 10-15% worse in performance:

 

[DSzymborski]

Yup, there were 4 GB and 8 GB versions of the RX 580, but they were otherwise identical and those were the only RX 580 variants. How exactly are you identifying this card?

 

[bignastyid]

Guys.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580-2048sp.c3321
It was suppose to be a China only card.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3405-amd-china-rx-580-2048-review-dataland

 

[hotaru.hino]

Guys.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580-2048sp.c3321
It was suppose to be a China only card.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3405-amd-china-rx-580-2048-review-dataland

Specs are pretty much identical to the RX 570 anyway, so may as well treat it like one.

 

[DSzymborski]

Guys.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580-2048sp.c3321
It was suppose to be a China only card.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3405-amd-china-rx-580-2048-review-dataland

Dang, you can always count on some oddball variant card showing up in China. I did not remember this one at all. My apologies, OP.

 

[Joseph_138]

The guy you bought the system from, likely got the card from AliExpress. AliExpress has a lot of weird graphics cards, that you'll never see on store shelves anywhere else, like mobile graphics chips, mounted on desktop GPU boards, and cards that are only sold in the China region. You see quite a bit of that on AliExpress.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Yes, there is an RX 580 2048SP and it does have 8GB of VRAM but IIRC, that card was only sold to the Chinese market. I actually grabbed one from Alibaba for my mom to use in the HTPC I built her because it has HDMI v2.0b port which supports 2160p60Hz, while the HDMI v1.4a port in the R9 Fury she was using could only do 2160p30Hz. The fact that the RX 580 SP2048's TDP is 150W while the R9 Fury's TDP is 275W while having 8GB of VRAM instead of 4 made the decision that much easier.

I remember seeing the listing and wondering to myself "WTF is an RX 580 2148SP?" because I'd never heard of it before. Well, whenever I want info on a specific video card, I go to TechPowerUp's GPU Database and there it was!
AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP Specs | TechPowerUp GPU Database

The RX 580 2048SP is a real misnomer because the standard RX 580 12% faster in gaming. In fact, even the RX 480 is 5% faster than the RX 580 2048SP in gaming. Now, I didn't care because I got it for $70CAD and it's for an HTPC which means that its gaming performance is completely irrelevant but the lower price made it very attractive.

If I were you however, I'd be pretty pissed because omitting the 2048SP part of the card name would be like saying RTX 3060 and not saying "8GB". It's VERY misleading.