MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT AD107 (Ada Lovelace)
• Shader
  2304 3072
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  144 96

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

• Memory Size
  4 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 17 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.830 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.393 GHz+ 4 % 2.460 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 115 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 12-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060.

• Fan-Type
  Axial --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 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
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  2x 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 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light 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 / Encode

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

• Length
  276 mm --
• Height
  140 mm --
• Width
  42 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  978 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 4G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2023
• Structure size
  14 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet