MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC
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Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.