MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G (32 CU)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 Radial 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.