AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 2404.1x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9390 vs 3661
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 417
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 November 2018 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1469 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9390 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 789 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

  • 417x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
3661
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
789
417
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9390 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark 789 417
Geekbench - OpenCL 45900
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4757

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Polaris 30 Amethyst
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 15 November 2018 15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Place in performance rating 278 275
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1469 MHz 723 MHz
Floating-point performance 7.1 TFLOPs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pixel fill rate 49.54 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s 92.54 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,000 million
Pipelines 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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