Radeon RX 590 and Radeon RX 5700 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT
Radeon RX 590
9695
Radeon RX 5700 XT
17129
Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Architecture
Polaris (2016−2019)
Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name
Polaris 30
Navi 10
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2018
July 2019
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
1905 MHz
Core clock speed
1469 MHz
1605 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
5,700 million
10,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
225 Watt
Texture fill rate
222.5
304.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
+
FreeSync
+
-
Multi Monitor
-
+
VR Ready
-
+