Radeon RX 590 and Ellesmere - video card comparison
Radeon RX 590
Ellesmere
Architecture
Polaris (2016−2019)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Polaris 30
Ellesmere
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2018
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
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Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
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Core clock speed
1469 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
5,700 million
5,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
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Texture fill rate
222.5
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
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DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3
FreeSync
+
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