MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU)
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ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (32 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) has the Polaris 20 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XLE, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU).

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU) has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT OC came on the market in Q1/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.