ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X
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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

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

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 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 185 W.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X.

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

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X 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 4G OC 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X 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 580 Armor 4G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 IceStorm 2X has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 4G OC came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.