AMD Sells Radeon RX 570 As Radeon RX 580 2048SP

AMD China has listed the new Radeon RX 580 2048SP on its website, which in reality is a Radeon RX 570 8GB in disguise.

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At first sight, the Radeon RX 580 2048SP appears to be a cut-down version of the original Radeon RX 580, which comes equipped with 2304 Stream Processors. However, if you compare the specifications of the Radeon RX 580 2048SP and the Radeon RX 570 8GB, the similarities are clear. And no, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. They are the same graphics card. The only true difference resides in the Radeon RX 580 2048SP's boost clock, which is 40MHz higher than the Radeon RX 570 8GB. But is that sufficient to pass it as another SKU? At least, we don't think so.

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Row 0 - Cell 0	Radeon RX 580	Radeon RX 580 2048SP	Radeon RX 570 8GB
Stream Processors	2304	2048	2048
Base Clock	1257MHz	1168MHz	1168MHz
Boost Clock	1340MHz	1284MHz	1244MHz
Memory Size & Type	8GB GDDR5	8GB GDDR5	8GB GDDR5
Memory Clock	2000MHz	1750MHz	1750MHz
Memory Bandwidth	256GB/s	224GB/s	224GB/s
Memory Interface	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit
Compute Units	36	32	32
ROPs	32	32	32
Texture Units	144	128	128
Peak Pixel Fill-Rate	Up to 42.88 GP/s	Up to 39.808 GP/s	Up to 39.808 GP/s
Peak Texture Fill-Rate	Up to 192.96 GT/s	Up to 159.231 GT/s	Up to 159.231 GT/s
Max Performance	Up to 6.2 TFLOPs	Up to 5.1 TFLOPs	Up to 5.1 TFLOPs

In AMD's defense, the company has every right to name its products however it sees fit. Technically, AMD isn't wrong. A Radeon RX 570 8GB is essentially a Radeon RX 580 with 256 less Stream Processors so calling it a Radeon RX 580 2038SP is valid in a way. We have to applaud AMD for its creativity. But some will think it's a shady move on AMD's part for pulling a fast one on less tech-savvy consumers.