MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G and the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G, 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.

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 1
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2304 Shader 1408
32 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 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 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G is 1.685 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.685 GHz
1.366 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.74 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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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 / Encode

Dimensions

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

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G is 247 mm long, 128 mm high and 47 mm wide.

276 mm Length 247 mm
140 mm Height 128 mm
42 mm Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
978 g Weight 869 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2019
229 $ Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 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

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 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)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
79 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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