AMD Radeon RX 590 VS AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 4608 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 72 |
| TMUs | 144 | 288 |
| ROPs | 32 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 288 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 20.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 26800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611
AMD Radeon RX 590
17608 (+282%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
138858 (+203%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
61.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 590
264.2 FPS (+332%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
24994 (+167%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (54 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+256%)
AVG 242 FPS
MIN 212 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+284%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+286%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+261%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+279%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+429%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+242%)
AVG 366 FPS
MIN 305 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+284%)
AVG 257 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+343%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+216%)
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+248%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+280%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+211%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+228%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+638%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+88%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+174%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+258%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Wins!
Based on 54 benchmarks across 16 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+224.9%
134
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
41
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
54
Wins
134
Avg FPS
111
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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