Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 30 Navi 31 (RDNA 3)
• Execution units
  36 84
• Shader
  2304 5376
• Render Output Units
  32 192
• Texture Units
  144 336

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 20 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 20 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 800 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 320 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.469 GHz 1.500 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.545 GHz 2.400 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.000 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  225 W 300 W
• TDP (up)
  235 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  230 mm 276 mm
• Height
  125 mm 113 mm
• Width
  40 mm 51 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XT and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q4/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  11289-06 GV-R79XT-20GC-B
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet