Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon RX 590 GME
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 255 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 54.58 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | AD107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 9 March 2020 (6 years ago) | 26 February 2024 (2 years ago) |
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1420 MHz | 2025 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 204.5 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.543 TFLOPS | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 12 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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 128.0 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 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
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 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 March 2020 | 26 February 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 35 Watt |
RX 590 GME has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 590 GME and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 590 GME is a desktop graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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