Home GPU comparison AMD Radeon RX 590 and Adreno X2-85 - Which is better?

AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Adreno X2-85

19 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
36 out 100
Adreno X2-85
AMD Radeon RX 590
Adreno X2-85

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Adreno X2-85. 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 AMD Radeon RX 590 and Adreno X2-85
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:
AMD Radeon RX 590
vs
Adreno X2-85

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
79
42
33
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High57n/a
1080p Ultra43n/a
1440p Ultra28n/a
4K Ultra15n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Adreno X2-85
1821
Time Spy47781392
Solar Bayn/a7701
Fire Strike16524n/a
Night Raid6205923941
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 590], [Adreno X2-85]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Adreno X2-85
n/a
Background Blur69 frames/sn/a
Face Detection38.2 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics6238 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 590]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Adreno X2-85
n/a
G2D Mark788n/a
DirectX 1165 fpsn/a
DirectX 1246 fpsn/a
GPU Compute3900 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 590]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Adreno X2-85
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase328.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex1275.2 fpsn/a
ALU 21417.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1012.6n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 590]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Adreno
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced November, 15, 2018 September, 25, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Adreno X2
Codename Polaris 30 Adreno X2
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1350-1700 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 12
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 Gpix/sec 86-109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 173-218 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 5.5-7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 175 W n/a
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² n/a
Transistor count 5 billion n/a
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s
Adreno X2-85
152 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Adreno X2-85 the clear winner in this comparison.

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