[ RADEON ]
Graphics Cards
Radeon RX 590
Overall Score
19/100
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU)
GCN 4.0
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]
Radeon RX 590 is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 19/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.
Benchmark Performance Scores
Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
Rating: Poor
28/100
Gaming
Rating: Poor
16/100
Detailed Technical Specifications
3D Mark
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 16527 |
| Night Raid | 62043 |
| Time Spy | 4778 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9737 |
API
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| DLSS | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a |
| OpenCL | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
Games
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| 1080p High | 57 |
| 1080p Ultra | 44 |
| 1440p Ultra | 30 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 51433116 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 92664220 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 333318- |
| Far Cry 6 | 61533819 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 80423320 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 3626189 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 37292210 |
| Margin of Error | Low |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65563516 |
| The Witcher 3 | 58462915 |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Backend | DirectML |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 15075 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 12467 |
| Framework | ONNX |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3307 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 4895 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 9072 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2504 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 3746 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 43468 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 96813 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1547 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| API | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | 69 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.31 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 38.2 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.38 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.31 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.75 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6238 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | 180.5 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 |
| Build | Discrete |
| Case | Desktop |
| GPU Codename | Polaris 30 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 |
| Nvidia Equivalent | -GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Purpose | Gaming |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i5 8500or above |
| Released | November 15, 2018 |
| Segment | High-end |
| Vendor | Amd |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1469 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC |
| L1 Cache | 16KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 |
| Shading Units | 2304 |
| Tensor Cores | No |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 |
Memory
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Bus | 256-bit |
| ECC | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 8000 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz |
| Memory Size | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Passmark Graphics
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| DirectX 11 | 65 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 45 FPS |
| G2D Mark | 789 |
| GPU Compute | 3736 Ops/s |
Physical
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Die Size | 232 mm² |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Manufacturing | GlobalFoundries |
| TGP | 175 W |
| Transistor Count | 5 billion |
| Transistor Density | 21.55 MTr/mm² |
Raw Performance
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 222 GTexel/s |
Strengths & Limitations
Key Advantages
- Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.
Key Considerations
- No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.
Direct Competitors & Alternatives
NVIDIA
Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell
98/100
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GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 5090
96/100
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GeForce RTX 4090
89/100
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AMD
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
85/100
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Methodology, Provenance & Verification
Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).