AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
181
118
100
73
79
42
33
19
The Witcher 3
179
153
116
58
54
47
26
15
Counter-Strike 2
274
195
134
76
93
64
42
20
Far Cry 6
150
129
109
64
62
50
39
20
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
147
139
99
66
50
42
29
17
Ghost of Tsushima
108
90
73
42
36
25
17
10
Cyberpunk 2077
115
101
68
29
34
30
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
191
175
128
64
67
55
34
17
Avg FPS
1080p High16257
1080p Ultra13243
1440p Ultra10028
4K Ultra5715
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Time Spy171104778
Solar Bay63280n/a
Port Royal9055n/a
Fire Strike4266616524
Night Raid14495762059
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Background Blur285.8 frames/s69 frames/s
Face Detection181.6 frames/s38.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.9 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.66 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.68 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.18 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching493 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19410.5 fps6238 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
G2D Mark1150788
DirectX 11233 fps65 fps
DirectX 1277 fps46 fps
GPU Compute13108 Ops/s3900 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1178.6 fps345.4 fps
Car Chase1007.5 fps328.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)806.1 fps275.6 fps
T-Rex3466.6 fps1275.2 fps
ALU 25953.9 fps1417.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2280.3 fps266.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation47171012.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 November, 15, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 32 Polaris 30
Price 449 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1435 MHz 1469 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2544 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 3456 2304
TMUs 216 144
ROPs 96 32
Ray Tracing Cores 54 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 244 Gpix/sec 49 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 550 GTex/s 222 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 245 W 175 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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