MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G
vs
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G and the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which has 6144 shaders and 96 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G GPU PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip Navi 31
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 3
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 96
2304 Shader 6144
32 Render Output Units 192
144 Texture Units 384
0 Raytracing Cores 96

Memory

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

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX can access 24 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 1.900 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
1.441 GHz Boost Clock 2.525 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.33 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a TDP of 355 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 355 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 30 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 X+ 8G.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 320 mm long, 119 mm high and 62 mm wide.

279 mm Length 320 mm
140 mm Height 119 mm
50 mm Width 62 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1209 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

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

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX 7900 XTX 24G-L/OC
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2022
229 $ Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 5 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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+ 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G
8 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G
8 GB GDDR5
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G
8 GB GDDR5
89 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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