AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2944
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 2080
$699 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
8GB GDDR6 215W N/A Sep 2018
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 215 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2944 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 144 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 10.07 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 13600 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 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
10843 (+135%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
118637 (+159%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
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
128.3 FPS (+110%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
18747 (+100%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (267 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+147%)
AVG 168 FPS
MIN 152 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+155%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+159%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+129%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+116%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+143%)
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+121%)
AVG 236 FPS
MIN 194 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+137%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+160%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+131%)
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+135%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+167%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+100%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+107%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+363%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 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
GeForce RTX 2080 (+121%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+133%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+142%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!
Based on 267 benchmarks across 87 games
42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+104.8%
86
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
266
Wins
86
Avg FPS
73
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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