AMD Radeon RX 590 final specs, pricing and performance

Published: Nov 13th 2018, 18:22 GMT   Comments

We have got our hands on some interesting documents.

AMD Radeon RX 590 to cost 279 USD

Let’s start with the most important piece of information. The official MSRP for Radeon RX 590 is 279 USD. This is a suggested price for nonexisting reference model (I mean there is a slide with a reference design, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be available). That said, the 279 USD price tag is likely just a starting point.

The price of RX 590 is therefore 40 USD higher than RX 480 at launch and 50 USD higher than RX 580 at launch (we are talking about 8GB models here).

It is important to note that Radeon RX 590 will be offered with a ‘blockbuster launch bundle’, with three ‘free’ titles included: Devil May Cry 5 (unreleased) The Division 2 and Resident Evil 2 (unreleased).

The presentation has many references to AMD ecosystem, especially FreeSync monitors. AMD is advertising their GPU+display solution as ~200 USD cheaper than competitions’.

AMD Radeon Polaris Series (8GB models)
VideoCardz.comRadeon RX 480Radeon RX 580Radeon RX 590
Launch DateJune 2016April 2017November 2018
GPU14nm FF Polaris 1014nm FF Polaris 2012nm FF Polaris 30
Stream Processors
 
2304
 
2304
 
2304
Max FP32 Compute
 
5.8 TFLOPS
 
6.2 TFLOPS
 
7.1 TFLOPS
Base Clock
 
1120 MHz
 
1257 MHz
 
1469 MHz
Boost Clock
 
1266 MHz
 
1340 MHz
 
1545 MHz
Memory Clock
 
8 Gbps
 
8 Gbps
 
8 Gbps
Memory
 
8 GB G5 256b
 
8 GB G5 256b
 
8 GB G5 256b
MSRP
 
239 USD
 
229 USD
 
279 USD

RX 590: 12% better performance vs RX 580

Thanks to refined Polaris architecture now utilizing 12nm fabrication process, AMD has managed to squeeze 12% more performance and 15% higher clock speeds out of Polaris silicon. These are official figures straight from the slide.

The following tests were conducted with: Intel i7 7700K, 16GB DDR4 3000 MHz, AMD Driver 18.40, Windows 10. AMD also used GeForce 416.34 and 399.24 driver in various tests. The footnotes have more details, including 3DMark results, which I added below.

All tests were performed at a 1080p resolution with ‘maximum settings’.

Remember these are official tests performed by AMD employees. Indepdentent reviews will be available on November 15th.

3DMark (RX 580 vs RX 590)
VideoCardz.com3DMark Fire Strike3DMark Timespy
Radeon RX 590
 
16647
 
4805
Radeon RX 580
 
14918
 
4281

AMD Radeon RX 480 vs RX 580 vs RX 590 (FPS)
VideoCardz.comShadow of The Tomb RaiderMonster Hunter WorldCOD: Black Ops 4
Radeon RX 590
 
69
 
63
 
125
Radeon RX 580
 
58
 
51
 
103
Radeon RX 480
 
49
 
44
 
69
PUBGFortniteOverwatch
Radeon RX 590
 
77
 
83
 
136
Radeon RX 580
 
63
 
66
 
110
Radeon RX 480
 
61
 
69
 
114

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs Radeon RX 590 (FPS)
VideoCardz.comShadow of The Tomb RaiderF1 2018Monster Hunter World
Radeon RX 590
 
69
 
83
 
63
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
 
59
 
65
 
50
COD: Black Ops 4Far Cry 4Strange Brigade
Radeon RX 590
 
124
 
82
 
95
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
 
100
 
74
 
77
PUBGFortniteOverwatch
Radeon RX 590
 
77
 
83
 
136
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
 
71
 
79
 
138



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