MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G and the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip TU104
GCN 4 Architecture Turing
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2304 Shader 2944
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

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 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition is 1.515 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.366 GHz Boost Clock 1.800 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition has a TDP of 215 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 276 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition is 320 mm long, 110 mm high and 50 mm wide.

276 mm Length 320 mm
140 mm Height 110 mm
42 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
978 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

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Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2018
229 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

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)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SG Edition
8 GB GDDR6
171 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

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