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).

Radeon RX 500 Series Radeon RX 590 2304 @ 1.47 - 1.55 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz Radeon RX 580 2304 @ 1.26 - 1.34 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz Radeon RX 570 2048 @ 1.17 - 1.24 GHz 256 Bit @ 7000 MHz Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 2304 @ 1 - 1.08 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) 2048 @ 0.93 - 1.21 GHz 256 Bit @ 7000 MHz Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 1024 @ 1.17 - 1.28 GHz 128 Bit @ 6000 MHz Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 1024 @ 1.09 - 1.29 GHz 128 Bit @ 6000 MHz Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) 640 @ 1.29 - 1.48 GHz 128 Bit @ 6000 MHz Radeon RX 540X 512 @ 1.22 GHz 128 Bit @ 6000 MHz Radeon RX 540 512 @ 1.22 GHz 128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
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	8 GB
Shared Memory	no
API	DirectX 12
Transistor Count	5.7 Billion
technology	12 nm
Features	DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0b, AMD FreeSync
Date of Announcement	15.11.2018

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