Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• Execution Units
  36 60
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 30 Navi 32
• Render Output Units
  32 96
• Shader
  2304 3840
• Texture Units
  144 480
• AI Accelerators
  - 120
• Architecture
  - RDNA 3
• Compute Units
  - 60
• Ray Accelerators
  - 60
• RT Cores
  - 120
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 60

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  256 GB/s 624 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 256 bit
• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  2000 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Infinity Cache
  - 64 MB
• Memory Clock
  - 2250 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 19.5 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1469 MHz 1800 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1545 MHz 2430 MHz
• Game Clock
  - 2124 MHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  225 W 300 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  235 W -
• System Power Supply
  - 700 W (System power requirement)
• Typical Board Power
  - 263 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  2 × DisplayPort 1.4 3 × DisplayPort 2.1
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI -
• HDCP Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2 × HDMI 2.0b 1 × HDMI 2.1a
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin 2x8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -
• HDMI Version
  - 2.1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  No Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  125 mm -
• Length
  230 mm -
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots -
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  40 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 799 $
• Part Number
  11289-06 -
• Process Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2018 2023