Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The graphics memory of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 235 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X 4GB Rev. 1.0 came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.