AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon R9 Fury 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 993.2x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 16x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 132.701
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 10116
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 10116
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4763 vs 4739
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 November 2018 vs 10 July 2015
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.477 vs 132.701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13383 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13383 vs 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4763 vs 4739

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 Fury

  • 1009.6x better floating-point performance: 7,168 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9603 vs 9463
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53783 vs 46658
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 140.274 vs 137.469
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3595.432 vs 2083.862
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.082 vs 12.352
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 789.536 vs 762.142
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9603 vs 9463
Geekbench - OpenCL 53783 vs 46658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 140.274 vs 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3595.432 vs 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.082 vs 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 789.536 vs 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3716

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 Fury

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9463
9603
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
797
797
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
46658
53783
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
137.469
140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2083.862
3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.352
13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.477
132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
762.142
789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13383
10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13383
10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4763
4739
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon R9 Fury
PassMark - G3D Mark 9463 9603
PassMark - G2D Mark 797 797
Geekbench - OpenCL 46658 53783
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 137.469 140.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2083.862 3595.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.352 13.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.477 132.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 762.142 789.536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13383 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13383 10116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4763 4739

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon R9 Fury

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Polaris 30 Fiji
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch date 15 November 2018 10 July 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $549
Place in performance rating 260 277
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $399.99
Value for money (0-100) 35.98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 36 56
Core clock speed 1469 MHz
Floating-point performance 7.1 TFLOPs 7,168 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pixel fill rate 49.54 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304 3584
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s 224.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 8,900 million
Pipelines 3584

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin ​2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 4096 bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)