MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite


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MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite

GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 4
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is 1.257 GHz.
1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.545 GHz Boost Clock 1.350 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
220 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 590 Armor 8G.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G is 278 mm long, 143 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is 230 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.
278 mm Length 230 mm
143 mm Height 125 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
873 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 279 $.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.
-- Part-no 11265-67
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2017
279 $ Launch Price 229 $
14 nm Structure size 14 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

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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