AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 XLE Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  36 36
• Shader
  2304 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  144 144

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.130 GHz 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.560 GHz 1.366 GHz+ 2 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.375 GHz

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  160 W 185 W

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12.1 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2019