AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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) 5 month(s) later
• 802.3x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 180 Watt
• 800x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 2036.763
• 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 27.417
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 11173
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3690
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 11173
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3690

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

• Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1469 MHz
• Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1545 MHz
• 1249.7x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15530 vs 9465
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 891 vs 796
• Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52523 vs 46687
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.103 vs 137.469
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 12.352
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 819.934 vs 762.142
• Around 58% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7533 vs 4763

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9465 15530
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	796 891
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	46687 52523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	137.469 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2083.862 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.352 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	139.477 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	762.142 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	4763 7533

Compare specifications (specs)