AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
10GB GDDR6X 320W $449.99 Aug 2020
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 175 W | 320 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 8704 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 68 |
| TMUs | 144 | 272 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 760.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 29.77 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 5.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 700 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
19022 (+313%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
161903 (+254%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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
211.5 FPS (+246%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
25153 (+168%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (126 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 (+300%)
AVG 272 FPS
MIN 248 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 (+325%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 (+341%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+325%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+326%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+471%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 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 3080 (+267%)
AVG 393 FPS
MIN 322 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+313%)
AVG 277 FPS
MIN 226 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+390%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 121 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 3080 (+253%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+271%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+320%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 51 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 3080 (+197%)
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+207%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+588%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 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 3080 (+130%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+235%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 (+292%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!
Based on 126 benchmarks across 42 games
40
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+236.1%
135
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
126
Wins
135
Avg FPS
114
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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