PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
vs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Navi 21 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3840 Shader 2304
96 Render Output Units 32
240 Texture Units 144
60 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.700 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 1.257 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 1.366 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 185 W
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 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 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC is 269 mm long, 125 mm high and 38 mm wide.

267 mm Length 269 mm
120 mm Height 125 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 579 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

AXRX 6800 16GBD6-M2DHC Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
579 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
7 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

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC
4 GB GDDR5
85 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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