XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps
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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G

The XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 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 XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps 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 580 Armor 8G is 7680x4320 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 XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro 12Gbps has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2020.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.