KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version
vs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GP104-150-KA-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1280 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
80 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.001 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version clocks in the base with up to 1.518 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 1.257 GHz.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.366 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version is 228 mm long, 132 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 276 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

228 mm Length 276 mm
132 mm Height 140 mm
42 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 978 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X REDBLACK version was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

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Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2018
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
16 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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