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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).

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon RX 500 Series
Radeon RX 590 2304 @ 1469 - 1545 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 580 (compare) 2304 @ 1257 - 1340 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 570 (compare) 2048 @ 1168 - 1244 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) (compare) 2304 @ 1077 MHz
Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) (compare) 2048 @ 926 - 1206 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) (compare) 1024 @ 1172 - 1275 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) (compare) 1024 @ 1090 - 1292 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) (compare) 640 @ 1287 - 1476 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 540X (compare) 512 @ 1219 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 540 (compare) 512 @ 1219 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
CodenamePolaris 30
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines2304 - unified
Core Speed1469 - 1545 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed8000 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory8192 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12
Transistor Count5700 Million
technology12 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0b, AMD FreeSync
Date of Announcement15.11.2018

Benchmarks

3DMark - Time Spy Score 2560x1440
5190 Points (38%)
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3DMark - Time Spy Graphics 2560x1440
4863 Points (33%)
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen
379940 Points (72%)
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
307763 Points (42%)
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
41952 Points (68%)
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
87448 Points (47%)
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
14101 Points (53%)
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
16746 Points (41%)
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
346586 Points (46%)
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
19287 points (55%)
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
23202 points (46%)
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
130629 Points (68%)
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
43361 Points (82%)
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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Extreme HD DirectX 1920x1080
57.3 fps (35%)
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SPECviewperf 12
Solidworks (sw-03) 1900x1060 +
Siemens NX (snx-02) 1900x1060 +
Showcase (showcase-01) 1900x1060 +
Medical (medical-01) 1900x1060 +
Maya (maya-04) 1900x1060 +
Energy (energy-01) 1900x1060 +
Creo (creo-01) 1900x1060 +
Catia (catia-04) 1900x1060 +
3ds Max (3dsmax-05) 1900x1060 +
SPECviewperf 13 Solidworks (sw-04) +
Siemens NX (snx-03) +
Showcase (showcase-02) +
Medical (medical-02) +
Maya (maya-05) +
Energy (energy-02) +
Creo (creo-02) +
Catia (catia-05) +
3ds Max (3dsmax-06) +
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
1996 Samples/s (38%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
4084 Samples/s (38%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
11791 Points (42%)
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Power Consumption - FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test - Power Consumption (external Monitor) 1280x720 *
min: 357     avg: 2037.3     median: 2037 (55%)     max: 3717 Watt
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra 1920x1080 *
min: 346     avg: 352.9     median: 352 (80%)     max: 358 Watt
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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.

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

2019
low 1280x720
137.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
84.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
53.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
42.1  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
29.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
16.1  fps    + Compare