AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 215 Watt

Launch date	15 November 2018 vs 20 September 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 215 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18750 vs 9374
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 908 vs 789
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105219 vs 45591
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 326.494 vs 137.469
Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3938.377 vs 2083.862
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.684 vs 12.352
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 159.275 vs 139.477
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 762.142
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 13383
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3716
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3359
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 13383
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3716
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3359
Around 62% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1752 vs 1081

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18750 vs 9374
PassMark - G2D Mark	908 vs 789
Geekbench - OpenCL	105219 vs 45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	326.494 vs 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3938.377 vs 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	31.684 vs 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	159.275 vs 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1506.874 vs 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25500 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6966 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6293 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25500 vs 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6966 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6293 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1752 vs 1081

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9374

18750

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

789

908

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45591

105219

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

137.469

326.494

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2083.862

3938.377

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.352

31.684

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

139.477

159.275

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

762.142

1506.874

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

25500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

6966

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

6293

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

25500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

6966

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

6293

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

1752

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark	9374	18750
PassMark - G2D Mark	789	908
Geekbench - OpenCL	45591	105219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	137.469	326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862	3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.352	31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477	159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	762.142	1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383	25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383	25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1081	1752

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Turing
Code name	Polaris 30	TU104
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	15 November 2018	20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$699
Place in performance rating	280	105
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$749.99
Value for money (0-100)		32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	1515 MHz
Floating-point performance	7.1 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Pixel fill rate	49.54 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	13,600 million
Pipelines		2944
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support