MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G
vs
PowerColor Radeon VII


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G and the PowerColor Radeon VII, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon VII is based on AMD Radeon VII, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G GPU PowerColor Radeon VII
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on AMD Radeon VII
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip Vega 20 XT
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 5.1
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2304 Shader 3840
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The PowerColor Radeon VII can access 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1024 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 4096 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon VII is 1.400 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.400 GHz
1.340 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon VII has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Radeon VII has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 32 dB
-- Noise (Load) 52 dB

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 Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G.

The PowerColor Radeon VII supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon VII is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G is 269 mm long, 125 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon VII is 280 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

269 mm Length 280 mm
125 mm Height 125 mm
38 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

The PowerColor Radeon VII was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no AXVII 16GBHBM2-3DH
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2019
229 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 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)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G
4 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G
4 GB GDDR5
58 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G
4 GB GDDR5
83 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
150 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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