AMD Radeon RX 590 GME videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Radeon RX 590 GME videocard released by AMD; release date: 9 Mar 2020. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Polaris 20.

Core clock speed - 1257 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1380 MHz. Texture fill rate - 198.7 GTexel/s. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 175 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective). Memory bandwidth - 256 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
670
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
8596
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5140 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5140.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
6839 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
6839.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
20161 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
20161.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
4431
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 8596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5140 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5140.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 6839 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 6839.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 20161 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 20161.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4431

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 20
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 9 Mar 2020
Place in performance rating 211
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate 44.16 GPixel/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support