AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3714
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3714
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 3359
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 vs 13 November 2018
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1380 MHz
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 198.7 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 5140
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 5140
  • Around 77% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7856 vs 4431
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 198.7 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 vs 5140
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7856 vs 4431

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5140
20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20161
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4431
7856
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 GME NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 8596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140 20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140 20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4431 7856
Geekbench - OpenCL 85507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 232.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1011.233

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Code name Polaris 20 TU104
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 9 Mar 2020 13 November 2018
Place in performance rating 211 208
Type Desktop Desktop
GCN generation Quadro RTX
Launch price (MSRP) $899

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 MHz 1545 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 397.4 GFLOPS (1:16) 222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS (1:1) 14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.359 TFLOPS 7.119 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate 44.16 GPixel/s 98.88 GPixel/s
Render output units 32 64
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 198.7 GTexel/s 222.5 GTexel/s
Texture Units 144 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 5700 million 13600 million
Pipelines 2304

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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) 9.5 inches (241 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 416.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6

Technologies

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