ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO vs XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 12 Polaris 30
• Execution units
  8 36
• Shader
  512 2304
• Render Output Units
  16 32
• Texture Units
  32 144

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  2 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  1.5 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  48 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.100 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.183 GHz 1.580 GHz+ 2 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  50 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 235 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  -- 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  1 x 80 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  4096x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  192 mm 270 mm
• Height
  115 mm 124 mm
• Width
  39 mm 53 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB and ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2G EVO.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 8 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  PH-RX550-2G-EVO RX-590P8DFD6
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet