Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite
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MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU)

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite 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 MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 45 W.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) is 5120x2880 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 Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 OC Lite has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX OC (14 CU) came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.