ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 30 Navi 14 XTX
• Execution units
  36 22
• Shader
  2304 1408
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  144 88

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.469 GHz 1.647 GHz+ 2 %
• Boost Clock
  1.565 GHz+ 1 % 1.845 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.717 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  225 W 130 W
• TDP (up)
  300 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 41 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_1
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync 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 / Encode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  298 mm 225 mm
• Height
  134 mm 119 mm
• Width
  53 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-RX590-8G-GAMING GV-R55XTD6-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet --