AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1471 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 210 Watt
5x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 768
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 1765.06
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 79.32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2018 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1469 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	789 vs 768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477 vs 79.32

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 222.48 GTexel/s
Around 48% better floating-point performance: 10.5 TFLOPs vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13093 vs 9374
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 45591
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 184.405 vs 137.469
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.606 vs 12.352
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 762.142
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 13383
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 13383
Around 39% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1501 vs 1081

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 222.48 GTexel/s
Floating-point performance	10.5 TFLOPs vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13093 vs 9374
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998 vs 45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	184.405 vs 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.606 vs 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1022.925 vs 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14462 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14462 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1501 vs 1081

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9374

13093

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

789

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45591

163998

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

137.469

184.405

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2083.862

1765.06

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.352

12.606

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

139.477

79.32

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

762.142

1022.925

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

14462

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

14462

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

1501

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark	9374	13093
PassMark - G2D Mark	789	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	45591	163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	137.469	184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862	1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.352	12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477	79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	762.142	1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1081	1501

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Polaris 30	Vega 10
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series	Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date	15 November 2018	14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$399
Place in performance rating	280	224
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1471 MHz
Compute units	36	56
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	1156 MHz
Floating-point performance	7.1 TFLOPs	10.5 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pixel fill rate	49.54 GP/s	94.00 GP/s
Render output units	32	64
Stream Processors	2304	3584
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s	330.00 GTexel/s
Texture Units	144	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	210 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	12,500 million
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines		3584
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		650 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	410 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore