AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
79
42
33
19
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High57182
1080p Ultra43153
1440p Ultra28119
4K Ultra1569
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy477819900
Solar Bayn/a97504
Port Royaln/a13633
Fire Strike1652447520
Night Raid62059139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur69 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark7881060
DirectX 1165 fps220 fps
DirectX 1246 fps110 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.66622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 30 GA102
Price 279 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 2304 10496
TMUs 144 328
ROPs 32 112
Execution Units n/a 82
Ray Tracing Cores No 82
Tensor Cores No 328
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 350 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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