GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MI vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MI and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon RX 6800
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT Navi 21
• Execution units
  36 60
• Shader
  2304 3840
• Render Output Units
  32 96
• Texture Units
  144 240

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MI and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.850 GHz+ 9 %
• Boost Clock
  1.355 GHz+ 1 % 2.190 GHz+ 4 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.980 GHz+ 9 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 250 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 285 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MI and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 90 mm
• Noise (Load)
  -- 37 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x 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 No
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  232 mm 310 mm
• Height
  116 mm 134 mm
• Width
  36 mm 55 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G MI.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 739 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  GV-RX580GAMING-8GD-MI 11305-01-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet