GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G vs ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G and ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT GA104-200-A1
• Execution units
  36 38
• Shader
  2304 4864
• Render Output Units
  32 80
• Texture Units
  144 152

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G and ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.410 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.380 GHz+ 3 % 1.785 GHz-8 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.755 GHz+ 5 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 200 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 220 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G and ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 2 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  232 mm 275 mm
• Height
  121 mm 135 mm
• Width
  36 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 459 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  GV-RX580AORUS-8GD KO-RTX3060TI-O8G-GAMING
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet