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.
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 | MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | Sapphire NITRO+ 11348-01-20G | XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1440 | 2610 | 2450 | 2512 | 3060 | 3100 |
| Tdp W | 175 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 304 | 304 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 256 | 256 |
| 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 |
| MSI GAMING TRIO G5070-12GTC Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 28.3 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 66.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 81.9 | 95.5 | 25.8 |
| 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 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11348-01-20G Compare | 89.5 | 84.5 | 74 | 75.8 | 90.7 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 46.1 | 88.8 | 88.8 | 36.1 |
| XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 Compare | 89.2 | 84.5 | 75.7 | 75.8 | 90.9 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 46.1 | 94 | 95.5 | 40.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From €298
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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