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).

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 737 vs 666
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13040 vs 8612
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	737 vs 666
PassMark - G3D Mark	13040 vs 8612
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

666

737

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8612

13040

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	666	737
PassMark - G3D Mark	8612	13040
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		76041
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