Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce FX 5600 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated207
Place by popularitynot in top-10088
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data31.87
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameNV31Polaris 30
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2003 (21 year ago)15 November 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$279
Current price$175 $133 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2304
Core clock speed235 MHz1469 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistors80 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data175 Watt
Texture fill rate0.94222.5

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSyncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2003 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 XT and Radeon RX 590. We've got no test results to judge.


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