MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G has the Polaris 20 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G is 14.0 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 Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G 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 Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.