AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 590 GME

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 646.8x more texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5140 vs 2094
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5140 vs 2094
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 2391
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 2391
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 8455
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 8455
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 vs 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 vs 8455

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 658
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 8570
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 658
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 8570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
658
882
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8570
12297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
8455
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 GME AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G2D Mark 658 882
PassMark - G3D Mark 8570 12297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4431
Geekbench - OpenCL 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.3
Code name Polaris 20 Greenland
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 1 April 2017
Place in performance rating 206 238
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 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 307.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Pipelines 4096

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 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2

Technologies

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