MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU)
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) and the AMD Radeon RX 6800, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Polaris 20 XL GPU Chip Navi 21
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2048 Shader 3840
32 Render Output Units 96
128 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) clocks in the base with up to 1.168 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 1.700 GHz.

1.168 GHz Base Clock 1.700 GHz
1.284 GHz Boost Clock 2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
90 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU).

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) is 246 mm long, 130 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

246 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 120 mm
39 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 229 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 579 $.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2020
229 $ Launch Price 579 $
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 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)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU)
4 GB GDDR5
27 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU)
4 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU) MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G (32 CU)
4 GB GDDR5
78 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 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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