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| Game | Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB | Radeon RX 590 8GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 39% | 8% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 44% | 15% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 37% | 6% |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | 12% | 33% |
| Genshin Impact | 38% | 7% |
| eFootball PES 2021 | 69% | 53% |
| FIFA 21 | 69% | 53% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 41% | 11% |
| Death Stranding | 38% | 7% |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | 46% | 18% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB are significantly better than the AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB.
The RX 5700 XT has a 136 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 590. This results in the RX 5700 XT providing 45.3 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RX 5700 XT has a 136 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the RX 590. This results in the RX 5700 XT providing 55.7 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX 5700 XT was released less than a year after the RX 590, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB and the Radeon RX 590 8GB have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The RX 5700 XT has 192 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 590, which means that the memory performance of the RX 5700 XT is massively better than the RX 590.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB has 2560 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon RX 590 8GB has 2304. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5700 XT is 3170 and the actual shader performance of the RX 590 is 3560. The RX 590 having 390 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the RX 5700 XT performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The RX 5700 XT transistor size technology is 5 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RX 590. This means that the RX 5700 XT is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RX 590.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB requires 225 Watts to run and the Radeon RX 590 8GB requires 175 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RX 5700 XT and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the RX 590. The RX 5700 XT requires 50 Watts more than the RX 590 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RX 5700 XT may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 590.
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 65.7 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 200+ FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 41.6 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 82.3 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 53.3 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB gets 90.9 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
| Core Speed | 1605 MHz |  | vs | 1469 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1905 MHz | | vs | 1545 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | GCN 1.3 Polaris 30 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 07 Jul 2019 |  | vs | 30 Oct 2018 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.9
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vs | 8.7
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| 3840x2160 | 7.7
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vs | 6.7
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | | 8192 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | vs | | 2000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | | vs | 256GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2560 | | vs | 2304 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | | vs | 144 | |
| Texture Rate | 256.8 GTexel/s | | vs | 211.5 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 102.7 GPixel/s | | vs | 47 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 225 Watts | vs | | 175 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 650 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 33 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | vs | | 6.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.5 | vs | | 4.6 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB is an Enthusiast gaming Graphics Card based on the first (1.0) Revision of the RDNA Architecture. Architecture The Navi 10 XL GPU offers support for GDDR6 Memory, DirectX 12.0, Vulkan 1.0, and OpenGL 4.5. This variant of the Navi 10 XL GPU features 40 Compute Units activated, offering 2560 Shader Processing Units, 160 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The GPU features a 1605 MHz base clock speed and up to 1905 MHz with boost clock, making it an estimated 15% faster than a Radeon RX Vega 64. This puts its predicted performance roughly in line with the GeForce RTX 2080. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at 1605 MHz, rising to 1905 MHz with boost clock enabled. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with high-speed GDDR6 and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit memory interface, providing total memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 8GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However,the GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming, In some limited scenarios, 8GB might be a bottleneck and Performance could be better were the Frame Buffer larger, however this would only be an issue in the most demanding games. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 225W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with one available 8+6-pin connector. Performance The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB competes with GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, which is available for $599. Specs currently available suggest the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB performance should be in the same region as the GeForce RTX 2070. System Suggestions The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT PowerColor Dual Fan 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). For the most demanding AAA games it should be ideally suited to 4K. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview The new AMD Radeon RX 590 is an uprated version of the RX 580 on the smaller 12nm process node. This RX 590 is the 8GB version. Architecture It equips a GPU codenamed Polaris 30, which has 2304 shader processing units, 144 TMUs and 32 ROPs. GPU The RX 590 8GB central processing unit runs at 1545MHz and goes up to (xx)MHz when in boost and turbo mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 8GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock operates at 2000MHz. Power Consumption The RX 590 8GB has a power TDP requirement of 150W. This means it will require at least a 500W PSU with one dedicated 8-pin connector. Performance Early benchmarks indicate that the AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB will be around 10-15% faster than the Nvidia GTX 1060 in terms of gaming performance, and around 6% faster than the Radeon RX 580 model it is replacing. System Suggestions The new Radeon RX 590 8GB releases on the 30th October 2018 and is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1440. We recommend a high-end processor, like the new Ryzen R5 and at least 12GB of RAM for optimal gaming performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||