AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M and AMD Radeon RX 590 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57191 vs 46706
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8904 vs 3716
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7694 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8904 vs 3716
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7694 vs 3359
  • Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5888 vs 4763
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 vs 15 November 2018
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 57191 vs 46706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5888 vs 4763

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1265 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 182.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9465 vs 8652
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 796 vs 492
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 11117
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 11117
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s vs 182.2 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9465 vs 8652
PassMark - G2D Mark 796 vs 492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13383 vs 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13383 vs 11117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8652
9465
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
492
796
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57191
46706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5888
4763
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600M AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark 8652 9465
PassMark - G2D Mark 492 796
Geekbench - OpenCL 57191 46706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11117 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11117 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5888 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 5600M AMD Radeon RX 590

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 10 Polaris 30
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 15 November 2018
Place in performance rating 210 260
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1265 MHz 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 2304
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s 222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1469 MHz
Floating-point performance 7.1 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 49.54 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

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