MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
vs
ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G and the ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G GPU ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1024 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC is 1.257 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.424 GHz
1.28 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC is 236 mm long, 128 mm high and 42 mm wide.

267 mm Length 236 mm
139 mm Height 128 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
833 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 229 $.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 4G OC was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 229 $.

V320-034R Part-no PG D RADEON RX580 4G OC
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2017
229 $ Launch Price 229 $
28 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

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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