MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 717 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE is based on the graphics chip AD103-300-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ada Lovelace
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
2304 Shader 9728
32 Render Output Units 112
144 Texture Units 304
0 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE is 22.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.400 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 717 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 2.205 GHz
1.393 GHz Boost Clock 2.505 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W (Reference).

185 W TDP 320 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 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 Mech 2 8G OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

270 mm Length 330 mm
130 mm Height 136 mm
40 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
842 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N4080WF3-16GD
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2023
229 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (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 Mech 2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE
16 GB GDDR6X
140 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
60 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE
16 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
86 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE
16 GB GDDR6X
200 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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