AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 3070
$499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
8GB GDDR6 220W $520.00 Aug 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 220 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 144 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 20.31 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 17400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-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 | Samsung |
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
14126 (+206%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
126195 (+176%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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
170.2 FPS (+178%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
22256 (+137%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (126 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+228%)
AVG 223 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+241%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+245%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+207%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+168%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+214%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 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 3070 (+192%)
AVG 312 FPS
MIN 252 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+215%)
AVG 211 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+273%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 92 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 3070 (+178%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+190%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+227%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 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 3070 (+155%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+159%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+475%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 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 3070 (+130%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+180%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+204%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!
Based on 126 benchmarks across 42 games
40
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+162.9%
105
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
126
Wins
105
Avg FPS
91
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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