MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G vs KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)

GPU comparison with benchmarks 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. The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.18 TFLOPS.

GPU 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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G	GPU	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Polaris 20 XT	GPU Chip	GA106-150-A1
GCN 4	Architecture	Ampere
36	Streaming Multiprocessors	20
2304	Shader	2560
32	Render Output Units	48
144	Texture Units	80
0	Raytracing Cores	20

Memory 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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.000 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
256 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	128 bit

Clock Speeds The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has a turbo clock of 1.340 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is 1.792 GHz.
1.257 GHz	Base Clock	1.552 GHz
1.340 GHz	Boost Clock	1.792 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design 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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
185 W	TDP	130 W
--	TDP (up)	--
90 °C	Tjunction max	93 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G are cooled with a Air cooling. The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 100 mm	Fan 1	1 x 92 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
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 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12. The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs 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.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
269 mm	Length	204 mm
125 mm	Height	126 mm
38 mm	Width	38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G was released in Q3/2018. The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.
--	Part-no	35NSL8MD6ZOK / 35NSL8MD5YBK
Q3/2018	Release date	Q1/2022
229 $	Launch Price	249 $ (Reference)
14 nm	Structure size	8 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
1.257 GHz, 8 GB (185 W TDP)

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KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)
1.552 GHz, 8 GB (130 W TDP)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	1958
	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	2799

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	3545

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	1435

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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)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	41 fps (avg)

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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)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	44 fps (avg)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	42394
	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	66836

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	39674
	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	65293

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	41894

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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)


	MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	5.6
	KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) 8 GB GDDR6	9.18

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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
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KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

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Supported Video Codecs

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