MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G Benchmark and Specs

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.71 TFLOPS.

Based on

AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)

GPU Chip

Polaris 20 XT (GCN 4)

Streaming Multiprocessors

36

Shader

2304

Render Output Units

32

Texture Units

144

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G can use 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Clock

2.000 GHz

Memory Speed

8.0 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

256 GB/s

Memory Interface

256 bit

The base clock frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 1.257 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.257 GHz

Boost Clock

1.366 GHz+2 %

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP

185 W

Tjunction max

90 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 8-Pin

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Axial

Fan 1

2 x 100 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

2x HDMI 2.0b

DisplayPort

2x DP 1.4

DVI

1

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12 standard.

Max. resolution

7680x4320

DirectX

12

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

Yes

LED

MSI Mystic Light

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

Decode / Encode

VP8

Decode

VP9

Decode

AV1

No

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G is 276 mm long and 140 mm high. With a width of 42 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

276 mm

Height

140 mm

Width

42 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

Weight

978 g

SFF-Ready

No

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G made in 14 nm was published in Q3/2018 for 229 $.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3.0 x 16

Release date

Q3/2018

Launch Price

229 $

Structure size

14 nm

Documents

data sheet