AMD Radeon RX 590 GME: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 8000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 590 GME sales 9 March 2020. This is GCN 4.0 architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 175 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon RX 590 GME benchmark results.
General info
Of Radeon RX 590 GME's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 9 March 2020 (2 years ago) | |
| Current price | $891 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon RX 590 GME's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 590 GME's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Boost clock speed | 1380 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 175 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 198.7 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon RX 590 GME's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 590 GME: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 590 GME. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon RX 590 GME, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 590 GME from NVIDIA is GeForce RTX 2060.
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Recommended processors
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