Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 590 - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 590

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
19 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 590
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
AMD Radeon RX 590

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 590
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
AMD Radeon RX 590

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
79
42
33
19
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
54
47
26
15
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
93
64
42
20
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
62
50
39
20
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
50
42
29
17
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
36
25
17
10
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
34
30
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
67
55
34
17
Avg FPS
1080p High13657
1080p Ultra11443
1440p Ultra8528
4K Ultra4815
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Time Spy137014778
Solar Bay63214n/a
Port Royal8595n/a
Fire Strike3761216524
Night Raid11162662059
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Background Blur209.1 frames/s69 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s38.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps6238 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
G2D Mark1152788
DirectX 11199 fps65 fps
DirectX 1277 fps46 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s3900 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a345.4 fps
Car Chasen/a328.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a275.6 fps
T-Rexn/a1275.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1417.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a266.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1012.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 590]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 November, 15, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename GB206-250 Polaris 30
Price n/a 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1469 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2304
TMUs 120 144
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 49 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 222 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 175 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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