amd

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

2304

Cores

288 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

$279 Jan 2020 View Details

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 590

$279 Nov 2018 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

6GB GDDR6 150W $279 Jan 2020

Radeon RX 5600 XT

$279 • Jan 2020

Radeon RX 590

$279 • Nov 2018

AMD Radeon RX 590

8GB GDDR5 175W $279 Nov 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 590
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR5
TDP	150 W	175 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1560 MHz	1545 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	288 GB/s	256 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	12nm
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 4.0
Shading Units	2304	2304
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	144	144
ROPs	64	32
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1500 MHz	2000 MHz
Pixel Rate	99.84 GPixel/s	49.44 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	288 GTexel/s	256 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	7.188 GFLOPS	7.119 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	251 mm²	232 mm²
Transistors	10300 Million	5700 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	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

7012 (+52%)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

4611

AMD Radeon RX 590

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

66629 (+46%)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

45783

AMD Radeon RX 590

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

92.1 FPS (+50%)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

61.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13505 (+44%)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

9375

AMD Radeon RX 590

Game Benchmarks Comparison (171 benchmarks)

The Lord of the Rings Gollum

2023 • • Daedalic Entertainment

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+43%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+54%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+25%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| high

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+29%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| high

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+38%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| high

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+61%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Redfall

8.3 2023 • Action, Adventure • Arkane Austin

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+52%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+54%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+50%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+5%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+49%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+56%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Metal Hellsinger

7.4 2022 • Action, Adventure • The Outsiders

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+56%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+47%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+60%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

UNCHARTED Legacy of Thieves Collection Background

UNCHARTED Legacy of Thieves Collection

7.8 2022 • Adventure • Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+19%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 590 (+3%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 590 (+50%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+21%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 590

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+15%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| fsr 2.1 quality

Radeon RX 590 (+47%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+46%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+49%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+54%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+47%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+50%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+45%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sons Of The Forest

7.5 2023 • Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation • Endnight Games Ltd

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+34%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+39%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 5600 XT (+41%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison