AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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) 8 month(s) later
  • 485.1x more texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3718
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3718
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 3356
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1380 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 748 vs 670
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13226 vs 8596
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 5140
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 5140
  • Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 4431
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 748 vs 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 13226 vs 8596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 5140
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 vs 4431

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
670
748
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8596
13226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4431
7074
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 GME AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark 670 748
PassMark - G3D Mark 8596 13226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4431 7074
Geekbench - OpenCL 75923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Polaris 20 Vega 10
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 211 210
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1382 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 409.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Pipelines 4096

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 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 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2

Technologies

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