MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor OC 8GB GDDR5
The Polaris 20-based RX 580 with 8GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers reliable 1080p gaming at its 1366MHz boost clock. Its dual-fan Armor cooler provides effective thermal management for sustained performance in a straightforward plug-in card design. This card is best for budget-conscious builders targeting 1080p medium-to-high settings in older titles or esports games, not modern 4K workloads.
GPU Radeon RX 580
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1366 MHz
TDP 150 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
24 Overall Score
Price ¥24,548
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (93rd percentile) 93rd
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (21st percentile)
- Below average raster (21st percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd 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 | 150 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI-Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
Physical
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.3 kg / 0.7 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Upscaling | FSR |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor OC | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | ZOTAC SOLID OC White Edition ZT-B50900Q-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O | Sapphire PULSE 11322-02-20G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1366 | 2407 | 2805 | 2422 | 2620 | 2525 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 575 | 360 | 575 | 360 | 370 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 512 | 256 | 512 | 256 | 384 |
| 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 OC | 25.4 | 23 | 26.8 | 21.1 | 29.9 | 6.9 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 26.3 | 92.7 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.8 | 90 | 97.5 | 98.7 | 96.2 | 72.8 | 25.2 | 99.2 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.1 | 95.1 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 58.2 | 94 | 88.8 | 15.6 |
| ZOTAC SOLID OC White Edition ZT-B50900Q-10P Compare | 97 | 90.4 | 97.5 | 98.7 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 25.2 | 94 | 60.8 | 2.1 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 58.2 | 94 | 82.5 | 17.8 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11322-02-20G Compare | 94.8 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 83.8 | 96.2 | 72.8 | 41.8 | 85.9 | 78.4 | 18.6 |
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