AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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
17
9
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
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
10
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
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High5712
1080p Ultra4310
1440p Ultra28-
4K Ultra15-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spy47781074
Fire Strike165243399
Night Raid6205913201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur69 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark788568
DirectX 1165 fps16 fps
DirectX 1246 fps11 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced November, 15, 2018 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Raven
Codename Polaris 30 n/a
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 2304 448
TMUs 144 28
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units n/a 7
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 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 175 W 10-45 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 7 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 n/a
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
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
9 (75%)
3 (25%)
Total Votes: 12

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