AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and AMD Radeon RX 590 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

AMD Radeon RX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4813 vs 4763

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 15 November 2018
Core clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813 vs 4763

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

1370.3x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 162.36 GT/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9465 vs 8803
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 796 vs 766
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46706 vs 42314
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 12069
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 12069

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 162.36 GT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9465 vs 8803
PassMark - G2D Mark	796 vs 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	46706 vs 42314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8803

9465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

796

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42314

46706

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

13383

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

13383

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

4763

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark	8803	9465
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	796
Geekbench - OpenCL	42314	46706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	4763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		762.142

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon RX 590
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 4.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	15 November 2018
Place in performance rating	257	260
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		Polaris 30
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	22	36
Core clock speed	1670 MHz	1469 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s	49.54 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	2304
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		7.1 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology		12 nm
Render output units		32
Texture Units		144
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8000 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5