Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce GTX 590

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	564	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.68	no data
Power efficiency	1.69	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	GF110	Polaris
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	24 March 2011 (15 years ago)	1 August 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024 ×2	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	365 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	38.91 ×2	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.244 TFLOPS ×2	no data
ROPs	48 ×2	no data
TMUs	64 ×2	no data
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	279 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) ×2	no data
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU) ×2	no data
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB/s ×2	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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	Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 March 2011	1 August 2016
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm