Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G vs MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has the Navi 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G	GPU	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 570
Navi 10 XT	GPU Chip	Polaris 20 XL
RDNA 1	Architecture	GCN 4
40	Streaming Multiprocessors	32
2560	Shader	2048
64	Render Output Units	32
160	Texture Units	128
0	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps. The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
1.750 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	224 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.
1.605 GHz	Base Clock	1.178 GHz
1.905 GHz	Boost Clock	1.268 GHz
1.78 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
225 W	TDP	150 W
335 W	TDP (up)	--
99 °C	Tjunction max	90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Radial	Fan-Type	Axial
1 x 80 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
47-48 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset With the Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 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 570 Armor 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	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 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	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
270 mm	Length	246 mm
110 mm	Height	130 mm
40 mm	Width	39 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
1110 g	Weight	622 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019. The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.
--	Part-no	--
Q3/2019	Release date	Q4/2017
409 $	Launch Price	169 $
7 nm	Structure size	14 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
1.605 GHz, 8 GB (225 W TDP)

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1.178 GHz, 4 GB (150 W TDP)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	4446
	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC 4 GB GDDR5	1736

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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)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	56 fps (avg)

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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)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	16 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	70 fps (avg)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	76523
	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC 4 GB GDDR5	39720

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	71356
	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC 4 GB GDDR5	35868

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	90386
	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC 4 GB GDDR5	38945

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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)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	9.75
	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 4G OC 4 GB GDDR5	4.62

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Memory

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Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

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Supported Video Codecs

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