MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
vs
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G and the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G GPU Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
TU106 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Turing Architecture GCN 4
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2176 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
136 Texture Units 144
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 1.257 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.450 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is 184 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE has a TDP of 235 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

184 W TDP 235 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 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 RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE 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
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is 231 mm long, 128 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.

231 mm Length 260 mm
128 mm Height 135 mm
42 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
706 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.

GPU-Monkey Part-no 11265-00-20G
Q4/2021 Release date Q4/2017
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
12 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
12 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
12 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
12 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
12 GB GDDR6
124 fps (avg)
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 LE
8 GB GDDR5
90 fps (avg)

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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