AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
The AMD Radeon RX 590 is a desktop graphics card positioned in the mid-range of 2018. It is manufactured in 12nm and offers 2,304 shader cores and 8 GB GDDR5 VRAM using a 256 Bit memory interface (8 GHz, 256 GB/s).
The RX590 uses the new Polaris 30 chip, which is a 12nm version of the Polaris 20 chip of the RX 580. Thanks to the improved process, the clock rates of the RX 590 can be higher at a similar power consumption.
This leads to a 10 percent higher performance compared against the older Radeon RX 580 and therefore the RX 590 is faster than the GeForce GTX 1060. This means that the card is best suited for 1080p gaming in max. details (of 2018 games).
The power consumption is rated at 175 Watt and therefore 10 Watts below the Radeon RX 580 (185 Watt).
Manufacturer | AMD |
Radeon RX 500 Series | |
Codename | Polaris 30 |
Architecture | Polaris |
Pipelines | 2304 - unified |
Core Speed | 1469 - 1545 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 8000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 8192 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12 |
Transistor Count | 5700 Million |
technology | 12 nm |
Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0b, AMD FreeSync |
Date of Announcement | 15.11.2018 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
50.6 pt (52%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -11%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 5190 avg: 5271 median: 5271 (30%) max: 5352 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -3%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 2%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 4863 avg: 4872 median: 4871.5 (25%) max: 4880 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -5%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 0%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 379940 avg: 397712 median: 397712 (63%) max: 415483 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 2%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 307763 avg: 311088 median: 311088 (43%) max: 314413 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 41952 avg: 44213 median: 44213 (59%) max: 46474 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 0%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 86202 avg: 86825 median: 86825 (43%) max: 87448 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 0%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 14101 avg: 14431 median: 14430.5 (37%) max: 14760 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -9%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 16746 avg: 16814 median: 16813.5 (34%) max: 16881 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 346586 avg: 352225 median: 352224 (47%) max: 357863 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 19287 avg: 20422 median: 20421.5 (53%) max: 21556 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -7%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 23202 avg: 23363 median: 23362.5 (40%) max: 23523 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
48454 Points (47%)
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
45827 Points (42%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
130629 Points (68%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -28%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
43361 Points (63%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 11%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +35704 Points (66%)
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
57.3 fps (29%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -6%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 6%
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
70.4 fps (31%)
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
24.9 fps (9%)
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
72.1 fps (30%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 2%
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
33.9 fps (31%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -9%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
66.2 fps (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
6 fps (21%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -13%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 18%
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
49 fps (28%)
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
123 fps (46%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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specvp12 3dsmax-05 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
120 fps (36%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -1%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
83 fps (38%)
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specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
44.2 fps (9%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 52%
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
72.2 fps (30%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -26%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 1%
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specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
27.9 fps (21%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 27%
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specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
151 fps (32%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -5%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 7%
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specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
9 fps (15%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -15%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 59%
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specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
90 fps (25%)
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 27%
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
169 fps (39%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -9%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
120 fps (36%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -2%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -1%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1996 Samples/s (20%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
4084 Samples/s (15%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -5%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
11791 points (25%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -9%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 357.5 avg: 365 median: 364.6 (66%) max: 371.7 Watt
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 346.9 avg: 353 median: 352.9 (59%) max: 358.9 Watt
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
137 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
70.6 fps, P0.1:
93.1 fps, P1:
102 fps, max:
303 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -8%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 3%
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95.9 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
44 fps, P0.1:
64.6 fps, P1:
71.4 fps, max:
364 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -10%
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85.6 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
14.5 fps, P0.1:
15.4 fps, P1:
67.9 fps, max:
319 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -22%
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60.4 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
14.7 fps, P0.1:
17.7 fps, P1:
45.9 fps, max:
265 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -18%
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47.4 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
14.5 fps, P0.1:
15 fps, P1:
37 fps, max:
128 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -45%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -26%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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31.7 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
11.5 fps, P0.1:
12.5 fps, P1:
25.5 fps, max:
43.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -94%
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -38%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -11%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 16%
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -16%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -21%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
74.4 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
54 fps, P0.1:
61.4 fps, P1:
66.8 fps, max:
84.2 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 77%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 87%
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51.4 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
41 fps, P0.1:
43.3 fps, P1:
45.7 fps, max:
59.6 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 34%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 47%
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42.4 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
33.4 fps, P0.1:
36.1 fps, P1:
37.7 fps, max:
49.2 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 27%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 50%
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37.2 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
31.1 fps, P0.1:
32 fps, P1:
33.2 fps, max:
43.6 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 24%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 43%
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31.6 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
25.6 fps, P0.1:
26.4 fps, P1:
28.2 fps, max:
36.9 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 13%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 25%
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21.5 [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
14.9 fps, P0.1:
15.4 fps, P1:
19.2 fps, max:
23.9 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -2%
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 15%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
113 fps [X] XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 OC+ 8 GBAMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8GHz
Radeon RX 590
min:
60.89 fps, P1:
82.85 fps, max:
203.82 fps