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Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1408
Cores224 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
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Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Radeon RX 5500 XT
$169 • Dec 2019
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
AMD Radeon RX 590
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 130 W | 175 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1845 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1408 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 88 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 59.04 GPixel/s | 49.44 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.196 GFLOPS | 7.119 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 6400 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)
Cyberpunk 2077
AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
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