AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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 7 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1175 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1275 MHz
  • 2726.5x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9390 vs 1810
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 676
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45900 vs 17914
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 November 2018 vs 11 April 2018
Core clock speed 1469 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9390 vs 1810
PassMark - G2D Mark 789 vs 676
Geekbench - OpenCL 45900 vs 17914

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

  • 367.7x better floating-point performance: 2,611 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 175 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,611 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9390
1810
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
789
676
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45900
17914
Name AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 9390 1810
PassMark - G2D Mark 789 676
Geekbench - OpenCL 45900 17914
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 RX 560X Mobile

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 30 Baffin
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date 15 November 2018 11 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Place in performance rating 278 280
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 1275 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1469 MHz 1175 MHz
Floating-point performance 7.1 TFLOPs 2,611 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pixel fill rate 49.54 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s 81.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 3,000 million
Pipelines 1024

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

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