In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 27 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G.
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.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.366 GHz
1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
TDP
185 W
120 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
MSI Mystic Light
MSI Mystic Light
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G
Length
276 mm
277 mm
Height
140 mm
140 mm
Width
42 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
978 g
1,017 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 276 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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