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AMD Radeon RX 590 vs RX 580

Radeon RX 590
VS
Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon RX 590
Polaris 30
AMD Radeon RX 580
Polaris 20

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 590 with 2304 shaders against the 1 year and 7 months older RX 580 that utilizes 2304 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
RX 590
16
RX 580
15
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
RX 590
25
RX 580
24
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
RX 590
17
RX 580
14
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
RX 590
28
RX 580
24
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
RX 590
19
RX 580
18

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR5
VS
8 GB GDDR5
36.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
48.2
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 580 over RX 590
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 590
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
  • 15% higher maximum theoretical performance (7.1 vs 6.2 TFLOPS)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 590
vs
RX 580

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
80
42
33
20
76
39
31
17
The Witcher 3
58
46
29
15
50
41
22
12
Counter-Strike 2
92
66
42
20
74
55
38
15
Far Cry 6
61
53
38
19
59
49
35
17
Hogwarts Legacy
37
29
22
10
34
26
20
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
51
43
31
16
48
42
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
36
26
18
9
33
23
19
10
Cyberpunk 2077
33
33
18
-
33
27
16
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
65
56
35
16
60
52
32
15
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 57 52
1080p Ultra 44 39
1440p Ultra 30 27
4K Ultra 15 13
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 590 +10%
4613
RX 580
4183
Time Spy 4778 4354
Port Royal - 527
Fire Strike 16527 14980
Wild Life Extreme 9737 8907
Night Raid 62043 56859
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 590 +13%
45783
RX 580
40514
Background Blur 69 img/sec 59.5 img/sec
Face Detection 38.2 img/sec 33.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.75 Gpixels/sec 1.56 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.31 Gpixels/sec 3.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.31 Gpixels/sec 2.92 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 180.5 Gpixels/sec 161.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6238 FPS 5395.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 590 +6%
9277
RX 580
8782
G2D Mark 789 770
DirectX 11 65 FPS 60 FPS
DirectX 12 45 FPS 43 FPS
GPU Compute 3732 Ops/s 3409 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 4365 & 33466 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 590 +25%
487.92
RX 580
391.86
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1 & 91 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 590 +15%
9064
RX 580
7905
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 590 +22%
9971
RX 580
8166
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 590 +12%
6293
RX 580
5642
Image Classification (SP) 3307 3143
Image Segmentation (HP) 4895 3955
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9072 7872
Face Detection (HP) 12467 11922
Pose Estimation (Q) 43468 41162
Text Classification (SP) 1547 1199
Machine Translation (HP) 2504 1773
Object Detection (SP) 3746 3620
Depth Estimation (Q) 15075 13995
Style Transfer (SP) 96813 84083
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 590 and RX 580

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released November 15, 2018 April 18, 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $229
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
GPU Codename Polaris 30 Polaris 20
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1060 - GeForce GTX 1060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 8500 or above - Intel Core i5 8500 or above
Desktop GPU rating (80th and 83rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1469 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost Clock 1545 MHz 1340 MHz
Shading Units 2304 2304
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 144
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster 16KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 GPixel/s 43 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTexel/s 193 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 590 +15%
7.1 TFLOPS
RX 580
6.2 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 185 W
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries GlobalFoundries
Fabrication Process 12 nm 14 nm
Die Size 232 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor Count 5 billion 5 billion
Transistor Density 21.55 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 590
256 GB/s
RX 580
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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Choose between two graphics cards
109 (79%)
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Total votes: 138

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