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RX 590

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Release date: Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 56.9% (117th of 713)

Based on 122,060 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67DF Model: Radeon RX 590

AMD’s mid-range RX 590 is the latest refresh of their Polaris-based RX 580, which in turn was a refresh of the RX 480. This iteration yields 10% higher clock speeds compared to the RX 580 which is fuelled by an increased power draw from 185W to 225W. The 590 does not have a 4GB variant which is good for longevity. At launch the 590 was priced at $280, which was 20% more expensive and 7% faster than Nvidia’s then popular 6GB 1060. In today’s market the 590 can be found for little as $170. For more than 90% of gamers (≤1080p) the RX 590 (at $170) represents the best value for money available. Since the GPU is by far the most important component in a gaming PC, it is usually worth spending more on it. The next step up from a 590 would be to Nvidia’s comparable $230 1660S. The 1660S is a more refined card, less heat results in less fan noise, but both are capable of delivering silky smooth 60+ EFps in almost all of today’s popular games at 1080p with maximum details. [Nov '19 GPUPro]

Poor: 51%Average: 56.9% Great: 62%

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Average average bench

The AMD RX 590 averaged 43.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 71.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 81.4fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX 590 is just 11.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX 590 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 68.1fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 99.9fps

Average Bench

(Based on 122,060 samples)
Rank 11756.9%
Min Avg Max
62.4 Lighting 71.8 79.8
62.5 Reflection 68.1 70.5
87.2 Parallax 99.9 111
58.5% 79.9 fps
Min Avg Max
63.1 MRender 67.7 71.3
69.6 Gravity 81.4 90.3
50.4 Splatting 52.7 54
53.7% 67.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(1DA2 E366)
CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1
59.2% Above average
Lighting 75.8
Reflection 67.1
Parallax 104
62% 82.4 fps
MRender 65.3
Gravity 85.7
Splatting 53
54% 68 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E366)
CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.7.1
58.7% Above average
Lighting 74
Reflection 69.2
Parallax 101
60% 81.5 fps
MRender 70.8
Gravity 84.2
Splatting 53.7
55% 69.6 fps
XFX(1682 9587)
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.21921.1000
58% Above average
Lighting 73.2
Reflection 69.7
Parallax 102
60% 81.6 fps
MRender 68.8
Gravity 83.6
Splatting 53.5
55% 68.6 fps
PowerColor(148C 2391)
CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.9.1
54% Above average
Lighting 67
Reflection 69.4
Parallax 93.7
55% 76.7 fps
MRender 68.4
Gravity 77.9
Splatting 52.5
53% 66.3 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E366)
CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.9.1
21.5% Poor
Lighting 4.7
Reflection 8.7
Parallax 5.3
4% 6.23 fps
MRender 71.2
Gravity 86
Splatting 53.4
56% 70.2 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,769,945 GPUs tested

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $280 @ launch in Nov '18)
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Sapphire(1DA2 E366) 31% 58% ± 3%
Sapphire RX 590 8GB Nitro+
11289-01-20G
AmazonUS $59915 months
XFX(1682 9587) 30% 57% ± 3%
XFX RX 590 8GB Fatboy OC+
RX-590P8DFD6
AmazonUS $25012 months
Gigabyte(1458 2311) 13% 54% ± 2%
Gigabyte RX 590 8GB Gaming
GV-RX590GAMING-8GD
PowerColor(148C 2391) 7% 55% ± 3%
PowerColor RX 590 8GB Red Dragon
AXRX 590 8GBD5-DHD
AmazonUS $2004 years
EbayUS $2202 years
PowerColor RX 590 8GB Red Devil
AXRX 590 8GBD5-3DH/OC
AmazonUS $23012 months
Sapphire(1DA2 E387) 7% 55% ± 3%
Sapphire RX 590 8GB Pulse
11289-06-20G
AmazonUS $35022 months
MSI(1462 C411) 6% 61% ± 4%
MSI RX 590 8GB Armor OC
RADEON RX 590 ARMOR 8G OC
EbayUS $806 months
ASRock(1849 5032) 4% 59% ± 3%
Asus(1043 056A) 1% 52% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 A587) 0% 54% ± 2%
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,220x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $99Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,295x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,091x
GPU
RX 590AMD  $80Bench 57%, 122,060 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples926x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples819x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples713x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,581x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples984x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $440

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,641

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 6 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
10,044

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

worked well for 4 years and still going strong

Comment 

Card crashes all the time, black screen, crazy noisy fans seem to run at max no matter what game I have open. Saphirre Pulse, tried 3 cards, this was the best of them—Apr '21

GBR-User
Avatar level
5,908

Excellent

3 months ago.

Comment 

often reboots stystem when playing different games, different genres all set to low-med graphics settings, sometimes as quick as loading into the game or I can be playing for an hour or so before it happens. Running the latest drivers since I bought the card—Jan '21

DEU-User
Avatar level
5,867

Good

2 months ago.

perfomance good enough, but driver crashes regularly (all drivers since years)

Comment 

Have it here, massive driver issues since i first installed it half a year ago. I simply can't recommend a card that is constantly having driver issues, even after doing everything possible to fix it. —Dec '20

IDN-User
Avatar level
4,723

Poor

4 months ago.

it doesnt have much laptop choice, for u guys who need mobility for sure, this is not for you

FRA-User
Avatar level
4,675

Excellent

4 months ago.

It is as powerful as I was expecting to but there's a huge problem of heat !! This things is always at 65°C or even 75°C on some games. So sometimes, I have to Undervolt it on some games and I have less performance than expected :/ The fans make a big noice which is very annoying when you're trying to "tryhard" on some games like R6S I think this is a good choice if you have a watercooling or a very good airflow

ITA-User
Avatar level
4,153

Poor

8 days ago.

bettor csgo fps i can run valorant at ultra settings

ESP-User
Avatar level
3,815

Excellent

6 months ago.

I think that apart from the GTX 1660 Super is the best grafics card for 1080p max settings and 60 fps

HUN-User
Avatar level
3,445

Poor

6 months ago.

it's newer, better, and cheaper than the rx 580

CZE-User
Avatar level
3,416

Excellent

17 months ago.

GRC-User
Avatar level
3,205

Good

7 months ago.

basivly the nitro version of it is just fantastic!

BGR-User
Avatar level
2,944

Excellent

21 months ago.

for the price its the best gpu in my opinion

PRT-User
Avatar level
2,726

Excellent

8 months ago.

eu dei isto de prenda de aniversário para o meu amigo Jacinto Patinto que ele queria tanto uma placa gráfica e dei-lhe uma até que boa para dar ar frasco nas costas

SVN-User
Avatar level
2,090

Good

18 months ago.

Better than Nvidiot and Shintel producst

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,834

Good

3 years ago.

pretty decent card does everything i want it to do

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,641

Good

5 years ago.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Poor

5 years ago.

Gets beat by a gtx 650 in minecraft

0306
Avatar level
216

Excellent

4 years ago.

Pure performance for a great price!

SEN-User
Avatar level
142

Excellent

4 years ago.

is less cheap and have good performance

ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
122

Good

4 years ago.

Just a bit more of a step up from the lower end RX580 card, but if you're looking for more mid-range performance, go with the 5600XT or the 1660S. For more budget options go with the 1650S or RX580. Good card though if you want a balanced mix of budget and performance.

Test19
Avatar level
104

Average

4 years ago.

Crazy power levels - even more than a 2080! Just get a 5500XT or even better a 1650S/1660S!

davidegag67
Avatar level
34

Good

18 months ago.

A cheap middle range like the RX 580 .. the same with higher clock ? ... I payd less than 120 euro...

JetpackTurtle
Avatar level
30

Good

5 years ago.

price not justified

QuickSaveTV
Avatar level
20

Poor

5 years ago.

GTX 1660S flat out outperforms it for a very small extra of $20.

timmeulenbrug
Avatar level
18

Excellent

5 years ago.

upgrading from a msi gaming GTX 960 2GB overclocked at 1544Mhz core and 2000Mhz Memory. I have absolutely no regrets or sorrow for that matter simply because the RX 590 destroys the 960 in performance. a great card for its price tag. now i can finally enjoy high - ultra 1080p gaming!

Vujko
Avatar level
14

Excellent

22 months ago.

Very good still to this day :D but old

vairfoley
Avatar level
10

Average

5 years ago.

Reasonable card for a good price. Can run a bit hot.

timfocak
Avatar level
8

Average

4 years ago.

Rx 580 but with 12nm and increased power usage and clock speeds. If you can find gtx1650 super for cheaper buy that not this.

DiegoBolivar32
Avatar level
6

Excellent

5 years ago.

Good Performance for Good Price

PSY_Ch0_P4Th
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Amazing card for the price

Maxinity
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Very good performance and extremely cheap price

pnewhook
Avatar level
2

Good

4 years ago.

Underrated improvement to 580. Can be had cheaply second hand.

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