The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
8 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.340 GHz
1.708 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
185 W
120 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
94 °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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
243 mm
250 mm
Height
111 mm
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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