RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell Mobile vs Radeon RX 590

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	290	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.13	no data
Power efficiency	9.85	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	Polaris 30	GB203
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 November 2018 (7 years ago)	19 March 2025 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	7680
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1702 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.5	408.5
Floating-point processing power	7.119 TFLOPS	26.14 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	96
TMUs	144	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60
L1 Cache	576 KB	7.5 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	64 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	896.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

+

-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.4
CUDA	-	12.0
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 November 2018	19 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	80 Watt