Yanmis Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
The 14nm RX 590 chip with 8GB of GDDR5 VRAM and a 1440MHz boost clock delivers playable 1080p performance in older titles, backed by a premium PCB with high-temperature capacitors for stability. Its single-fan cooler and 175W TDP fit into compact builds, while triple DisplayPort outputs support a multi-monitor setup. This card is best for budget-focused gamers building a basic system to play esports or pre-2020 AAA games at modest settings.
GPU Radeon RX 590
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1440 MHz
TDP 175 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
24 Overall Score
Price £236
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average social proof (3rd percentile)
- Below average compute (16th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (18th percentile)
- Below average rt (21st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 590 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 1 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 2304 |
| Base Clock | 1440 |
| Boost Clock | 1440 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 9281 |
| GPU Compute | 3781 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 175 |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 X16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
Features
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Yanmis Radeon RX 590 | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C | Gigabyte GAMING OC GV-N5070GAMING OC-12GD | PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1440 | 2512 | 2542 | 2542 | 2625 | 2587 |
| Tdp W | 175 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 192 | 192 | 192 | 192 | 192 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yanmis Radeon RX 590 | 28.2 | 20.5 | 24.8 | 22 | 15.7 | 26.1 | 33.9 | 18.2 | 45.8 | 2.9 | 80.3 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 45.5 |
| ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 88.8 | 48.8 |
| MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 61.3 | 37.8 |
| Gigabyte GAMING OC GV-N5070GAMING OC-12GD Compare | 62.1 | 76.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 82.6 | 38.7 |
| PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 72.4 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 37.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From £236
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall24
- AI/LLM14.9
- Budget59.1
- Gaming 4k14.8
- Ray Tracing21.4
- Workstation19.7
- Gaming 1080p24.1
- Gaming 1440p22.3
- Content Creation18.1
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