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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G vs Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.34 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.34 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.60 TFLOPS.

Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.73 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is 58 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Speed index
5/100
7/100
FP32
5.60 TFLOPS
8.87 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.34 GHz
1.73 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
320 GB/s
TDP
185 W
180 W
Launch Price
229 $
599 $

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3620
Shader23042560
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units144160
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5X
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.251 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s320 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.607 GHz
Boost Clock1.340 GHz1.733 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has a turbo clock of 1.340 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is 1.733 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
TDP185 W180 W
Tjunction max90 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 100 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI11
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
Length269 mm285 mm
Height125 mm133 mm
Width38 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8GGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2018Q2/2016
Launch Price229 $599 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Part-no--426018336-3651
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G was released in Q3/2018.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +69.5 %

  1. 1,958
  2. 3,319

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,589

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) Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +33.3 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +29.3 %

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. 75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +27.7 %

  1. 83 fps (avg)
  2. 106 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +25.7 %

  1. 42,394
  2. 53,292

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix +61.0 %

  1. 39,674
  2. 63,883

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 41,894
  2. no data

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