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
25 Overall Score
Price $105
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 (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 | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0 | ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO | ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO | ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M | XFX Speedster RX-76PSWFTFY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 580 | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 4060 | Radeon RX 7600 | GeForce RTX 5050 | Radeon RX 7600 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1366 | 1815 | 2505 | 2695 | 2602 | 2655 |
| Tdp W | 150 | 220 | 115 | 165 | 130 | 165 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 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 OC | 25.7 | 23.8 | 26.8 | 22.4 | 30.1 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 25.8 | 91.7 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0 Compare | 37.8 | 67.7 | 39.5 | 57.5 | 79.3 | 91.5 | 63.3 | 53.1 | 95.4 | 43 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO Compare | 33.2 | 46 | 33.4 | 44.9 | 72.7 | 56.6 | 97.4 | 70.7 | 95.4 | 70.6 |
| ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO Compare | 46.7 | 41.3 | 35.7 | 38.4 | 58.5 | 56.6 | 62.2 | 70.7 | 88.9 | 74.9 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M Compare | 30.5 | 43.8 | 36.6 | 40.6 | 90 | 44.2 | 88.1 | 94.1 | 42.8 | 76.9 |
| XFX Speedster RX-76PSWFTFY Compare | 46.7 | 47.1 | 35.7 | 38.4 | 72.7 | 56.6 | 62.2 | 70.7 | 75.6 | 76 |
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