Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 64 AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XT Polaris 30
• Execution units
  64 36
• Shader
  4096 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  256 144

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  0.945 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  484 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.373 GHz+ 10 % 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.580 GHz+ 2 % 1.545 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  295 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  375 W 235 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5.

• Fan-Type
  Radial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 92 mm 2 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  1 x 80 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 2x 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_1 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 / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  310 mm 230 mm
• Height
  133 mm 125 mm
• Width
  54 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2018
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  11275-03 11289-06
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet