The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is 13 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Memory Size
6 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Base Clock
1.365 GHz
1.257 GHz
Boost Clock
1.680 GHz
1.366 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
TDP
160 W
225 W
Tjunction max
88 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Length
235 mm
230 mm
Height
115 mm
125 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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