The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
1.340 GHz
2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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2.61 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
185 W
107 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
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DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
243 mm
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Height
111 mm
--
Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
650 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.
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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.
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.
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