MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G
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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 352 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G clocks at 1.376 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.