MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip TU106
GCN 4 Architecture Turing
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.393 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 W.

185 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 --

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 X 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

276 mm Length 305 mm
140 mm Height 143 mm
42 mm Width 51 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 X 4G has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 27NSL6UCW6EG
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2018
229 $ Launch Price 499 $ (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 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
61 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 X 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G
4 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G
4 GB GDDR5
60 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G
4 GB GDDR5
86 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC Gamer
8 GB GDDR6
149 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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