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.

AMD Radeon RX 590

AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

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: 45917 vs 17872

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	45917 vs 17872

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

45917

17872

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	9390	1810
PassMark - G2D Mark	789	676
Geekbench - OpenCL	45917	17872
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