GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 XT Polaris 30
• Execution units
  40 36
• Shader
  2560 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  160 144

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

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

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.770 GHz+ 10 % 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.010 GHz+ 6 % 1.560 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.905 GHz+ 9 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  225 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  335 W --
• Tjunction max
  89 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Windforce (Axial) Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 82 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  44 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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 / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  290 mm 232 mm
• Height
  123 mm 116 mm
• Width
  58 mm 36 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q4/2018
• Release price
  479 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  -- GV-RX590GAMING-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet