AMD Radeon 8060S vs AMD Radeon Pro 580 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark split between the AMD Radeon 8060S and the AMD Radeon Pro 580 is not close: the database records two head-to-head tests, and the Radeon 8060S wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the 8060S scores 84,626 against 38,457 for the Pro 580, a lead of 120.1%. In Geekbench Vulkan, the 8060S posts 80,483 versus 43,285, a margin of 85.9%. There are no recorded tests where the Radeon Pro 580 comes out ahead.

The Radeon 8060S sits in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 580 sits in the 82nd percentile. That five-point gap in percentile ranking reflects a substantial raw performance difference, but the two cards occupy different positions in their respective peer groups. The 8060S has an average benchmark score of 55,757, placing it within 0.1% of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. The Pro 580, with an average score of 40,318, is effectively tied with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at a 0.1% deficit and sits 1.9% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile.

For use-case selection, the data points to the 8060S as the clear choice for compute-heavy workloads that exercise OpenCL or Vulkan. Its 120.1% OpenCL advantage means tasks like rendering, physics simulation, or machine learning inference that rely on OpenCL will finish in roughly half the time on the newer part. The Vulkan margin, while smaller at 85.9%, still represents a near-doubling of throughput for Vulkan-based games or compute APIs. The Radeon Pro 580 retains its own niche only in legacy contexts: it is an end-of-life part from 2017 with GCN 4.0 architecture, so it may be relevant for maintaining compatibility with older software stacks. But on pure measured performance, the 8060S dominates every recorded benchmark.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and manufacturing processes. The Radeon 8060S uses the Strix Halo chip built on RDNA 3.5, fabricated by TSMC on a 4 nm process. The Radeon Pro 580 uses the Ellesmere chip based on GCN 4.0, fabricated by GlobalFoundries on a 14 nm process. That process gap alone, from 14 nm to 4 nm, explains much of the efficiency and performance differential.

The 8060S has a die size of 308 mm², while the Pro 580 has a smaller die at 232 mm². However, the Pro 580 lists its transistor count at 5,700 million, giving a transistor density of 24.6 million transistors per mm². The 8060S does not have a published transistor count, so its density cannot be computed from the database. The newer chip packs more compute resources into a larger area with a much finer process.

Shader resources differ significantly. The 8060S carries 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation pipelines. The Pro 580 has 2,304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and only 32 ROPs. The 8060S also includes 40 ray tracing cores, a feature entirely absent from the Pro 580, which has no RT cores listed. Neither GPU has tensor cores in the database.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The 8060S runs at a base clock of 1,295 MHz and boosts to 2,900 MHz. The Pro 580 runs at 1,100 MHz base and 1,200 MHz boost. The boost clock gap is 1,700 MHz, which is larger than the Pro 580's entire boost clock. Memory architecture also diverges: the 8060S uses system shared memory with bandwidth dependent on the host system, while the Pro 580 has 8 GB of dedicated GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth.

The API support reflects the architectural leap. The 8060S supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Pro 580 supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The 8060S also uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the Pro 580 uses PCIe 3.0 x16. Power draw differs dramatically: the 8060S is rated at 55 W, while the Pro 580 draws 185 W. Both are integrated graphics packages with no power connectors, and both have display outputs described as portable device dependent.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct comparisons between these GPUs, and both favor the Radeon 8060S by wide margins.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the 8060S scores 84,626 against the Pro 580's 38,457. That is a delta of 120.1%, meaning the newer GPU delivers more than double the OpenCL throughput. For context, the 8060S's OpenCL score alone exceeds the Pro 580's average benchmark score across all tests (40,318) by more than a factor of two. The Pro 580's OpenCL result is its lowest recorded score, while the 8060S's OpenCL result is its highest.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the 8060S scores 80,483 against 43,285 for the Pro 580, a delta of 85.9%. This is the Pro 580's strongest benchmark result, but it still trails the 8060S by nearly half. The 8060S's Vulkan score is its second-highest recorded result, only slightly below its OpenCL score. The consistency across both APIs suggests the 8060S's advantage is fundamental to the architecture rather than specific to one driver path or workload type.

Looking at the broader benchmark context, the 8060S's average score of 55,757 places it just 0.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and 1.7% above the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X. It trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 by only 0.6%, a negligible margin. The Pro 580's average of 40,318 puts it in a lower performance tier, within 1.9% of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile and 0.6% above the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100. The gap between the two cards' average scores is 15,439 points, which is roughly 38% of the Pro 580's total average.

The Radeon 8060S also has a third benchmark result in the database, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, where it scores 2,162. The Pro 580 has no corresponding 3DMark result, so no direct comparison is possible for that test. The 8060S also has a Geekbench Metal score absent from its record, while the Pro 580 posts 39,213 in Geekbench Metal. That Metal score is between its OpenCL and Vulkan results, indicating the Pro 580 is reasonably consistent across Apple's graphics API, but the 8060S does not have a Metal score recorded for comparison.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in OpenCL?

A: The AMD Radeon 8060S is significantly faster, scoring 84,626 in Geekbench OpenCL compared to 38,457 for the AMD Radeon Pro 580, a lead of 120.1%.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 580 win any head-to-head benchmark?

A: No. In the two recorded head-to-head tests (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan), the Radeon 8060S wins both. The database records 2 wins for the 8060S and 0 for the Pro 580.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in Vulkan performance?

A: The Radeon 8060S scores 80,483 in Geekbench Vulkan versus 43,285 for the Radeon Pro 580, giving the 8060S an 85.9% advantage.

Q: What architecture does each GPU use?

A: The Radeon 8060S uses RDNA 3.5 on the Strix Halo chip, while the Radeon Pro 580 uses GCN 4.0 on the Ellesmere chip. The 8060S is built on a 4 nm TSMC process; the Pro 580 is on a 14 nm GlobalFoundries process.

Q: Does the Radeon 8060S support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the Radeon 8060S has 40 ray tracing cores. The Radeon Pro 580 has no ray tracing cores listed in the database.

Q: How do their power requirements differ?

A: The Radeon 8060S is rated at 55 W, while the Radeon Pro 580 is rated at 185 W. Both are integrated graphics packages with no power connectors.

Q: Which GPU has higher average benchmark scores?

A: The Radeon 8060S has an average benchmark score of 55,757, compared to 40,318 for the Radeon Pro 580. The 8060S sits in the 87th percentile of all GPUs; the Pro 580 sits in the 82nd percentile.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon 8060S | AMD Radeon Pro 580 |

|----------------|------------------|---------------------|

| Chip | Strix Halo | Ellesmere |

| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | GCN 4.0 |

| Generation | Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) | Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series) |

| Process Node | 4 nm (TSMC) | 14 nm (GlobalFoundries) |

| Die Size | 308 mm² | 232 mm² |

| Transistors | Unknown | 5,700 million |

| Transistor Density | Not listed | 24.6M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 1295 MHz | 1100 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 2900 MHz | 1200 MHz |

| Memory Size | System Shared | 8 GB |

| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus Width | System Shared | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | System Dependent | 217.0 GB/s |

| Memory Clock | System Shared | 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective) |

| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |

| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | 144 |

| Raster Operation Pipelines | 64 | 32 |

| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | None |

| Pixel Rate | 185.6 GPixel/s | 38.40 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 464.0 GTexel/s | 172.8 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Performance | 14.85 TFLOPS | 5.530 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Performance | 14.85 TFLOPS (1:1) | 5.530 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 55 W | 185 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |

| Vulkan Support | 1.4 | 1.3 |

| OpenGL Support | 4.6 | 4.6 |

| Release Date | 2025-01-05 | 2017-06-04 |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |

| Predecessor | Polaris Mobile | None listed |

The specification table highlights how much the GPU landscape shifted between 2017 and 2025. The 8060S nearly triples the FP32 throughput (14.85 TFLOPS versus 5.530 TFLOPS), more than quadruples the pixel rate (185.6 GPixel/s versus 38.40 GPixel/s), and nearly triples the texture rate (464.0 GTexel/s versus 172.8 GTexel/s). The ROP count doubles from 32 to 64, and the shading unit count increases by 11%. Clock speeds more than double on boost, while power consumption drops by 70%, from 185 W to 55 W. The process node shrinks from 14 nm to 4 nm, enabling those efficiency gains.

The memory configuration is the one area where the older card has a structural advantage: dedicated 8 GB GDDR5 at 217.0 GB/s versus system shared memory with bandwidth dependent on the host. In practice, the 8060S's compute advantages overwhelm that memory difference in the recorded benchmarks, but the Pro 580's dedicated VRAM could still matter for workloads that require predictable, fixed memory bandwidth without contention from the CPU. The 8060S's system shared memory approach means its performance scales with the host system's memory configuration, so results may vary across platforms.

The Radeon Pro 580 is end-of-life, while the 8060S is active. The 8060S also has a successor-free record, with its predecessor listed as Polaris Mobile. Neither GPU has a launch MSRP in the database, so no pricing information is available for either part.