AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs AMD Radeon RX 570. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 570
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
65
37
28
17
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
44
38
19
10
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
62
46
33
12
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
51
44
30
15
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
27
20
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
44
38
24
15
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
27
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
51
45
26
13
Avg FPS
1080p High5744
1080p Ultra4335
1440p Ultra2822
4K Ultra1511
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Time Spy47783854
Fire Strike1652413444
Night Raid6205950383
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Background Blur69 frames/s55.7 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s31.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec2.57 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec0.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec143.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps5080.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
G2D Mark788724
DirectX 1165 fps55 fps
DirectX 1246 fps39 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s2965 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps274.6 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps259.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps219 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps1018.3 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps1061.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps150.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.6795.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Polaris 30 Polaris 20
Price 279 169

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1244 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 128
ROPs 32 32
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 Gpix/sec 40 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 159 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 150 W
Process GlobalFoundries GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 12 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 570
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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