XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB
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ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB 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 ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 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 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.