MSI Radeon RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC-cr
GPU Radeon RX 580
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1366 MHz
TDP 185 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
25 Overall Score
Price CA$190
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile) 92nd
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
- Below average efficiency (22nd percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 580 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | Polaris 20 |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
Compute
| Base Clock | 1366 |
| Boost Clock | 1366 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 8788 |
| GPU Compute | 790 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 185 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI-Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
Physical
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.4 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Upscaling | FSR |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI Radeon RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC-cr | XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 RX-78TMERCB9 | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD | Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO | ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G | ASUS Dual DUAL-RX9060XT-16G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 7900 GRE | Radeon RX 6900 XT | Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1366 | 2565 | 2565 | 2290 | 2475 | 3250 |
| Tdp W | 185 | 236 | 263 | 268 | 300 | 140 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC-cr | 25.7 | 23.9 | 26.9 | 22.5 | 30.1 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 25.8 | 92.1 |
| XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 RX-78TMERCB9 Compare | 82.8 | 77.5 | 72.4 | 64.5 | 90 | 91.6 | 66.9 | 87.3 | 88.9 | 53.7 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD Compare | 82.8 | 70.9 | 72.4 | 64.5 | 84.4 | 91.6 | 53.3 | 86.2 | 88.9 | 50.5 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO Compare | 88.2 | 89 | 71.5 | 77.6 | 72.7 | 72.9 | 66.2 | 86.2 | 0 | 54.6 |
| ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G Compare | 74.1 | 86.9 | 70.1 | 71.2 | 96.4 | 91.6 | 49.3 | 70.8 | 66.2 | 54.4 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RX9060XT-16G Compare | 75.6 | 56.3 | 68.2 | 47.6 | 90 | 56.6 | 92.3 | 77 | 95.5 | 60.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$190
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