MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56

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MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G launched Q3/2019, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 590 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5 memory.The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G features 2304 shader, 32 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.545 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 220 W Deviation vs GPU group -2 %. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 launched Q3/2017, which is based on AMD RX Vega 56 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth HBM2 memory.The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 features 3584 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.471 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 210 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Radial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G

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	GPU
AMD Radeon RX 590	Based on	AMD RX Vega 56
Polaris 30	GPU Chip	Vega 10 XL
36	Execution units	56
2304	Shader	3584
32	Render Output Units	64
144	Texture Units	256
	Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	HBM2
2 GHz	Memory Speed	0.8 GHz
256 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	410 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	2048 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.469 GHz	Base Clock	1.156 GHz
1.545 GHz	Boost Clock	1.471 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
220 W-2 %	TDP	210 W
--	TDP (up)	--
--	Tjunction max	--
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Radial
2 x 100 mm	Fan 1	1 x 70 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
--	Noise (Idle)	37 dB
--	Noise (Load)	49 dB
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	--
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode
	Dimensions
278 mm	Length	280 mm
143 mm	Height	127 mm
40 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
873 g	Weight	1090 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16
	Additional data
--	Part-no	RXVEGA56-8G
Q3/2019	Release date	Q3/2017
--	Release price	--
14 nm	Structure size	14 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G		ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
220 W-2 %	Max TDP	210 W
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