AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
$1199 • May 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12GB GDDR6X 350W $989.99 May 2021
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 175 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 80 |
| TMUs | 144 | 320 |
| ROPs | 32 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 186.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 34.1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 750 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
21408 (+364%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
196756 (+330%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
227.3 FPS (+271%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
26976 (+188%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (48 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+331%)
AVG 293 FPS
MIN 267 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+361%)
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 184 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+395%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 98 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 Ti (+357%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+363%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+543%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 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 Ti (+295%)
AVG 423 FPS
MIN 346 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+349%)
AVG 301 FPS
MIN 246 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+450%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 136 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 Ti (+280%)
AVG 171 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+303%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+373%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 57 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 Ti (+221%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+234%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+675%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 53 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 Ti (+130%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+235%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+342%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Wins!
Based on 48 benchmarks across 16 games
38
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+280.4%
146
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
38
Avg FPS
32
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
48
Wins
146
Avg FPS
122
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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