Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 8GB GDDR6
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Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
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EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 8GB GDDR6
The EVGA RTX 3070 is widely praised as a powerful upgrade from older cards like the GTX 1070 or RTX 2060, offering excellent 1440p gaming with high frame rates and quiet, cool operation. Users appreciate the solid build quality and value, especially when purchased at a discounted price. However, some buyers report issues such as coil whine, a dead-on-arrival DisplayPort, or GPU failure after a few months, with one noting that Amazon's 90-day return policy leaves them with a potentially unwarrantied used card. Size is also a concern: the card is large and may not fit in smaller cases or clear certain drive cages.
Pros
- High 1440p performance and frame rates
- Quiet and cool operation
- Solid build quality
- Good value when discounted
- Great upgrade from older GPUs
Cons
- Potential coil whine
- GPU failure after a few months
- Large size may not fit all cases
- Limited warranty on used purchases
- DisplayPort issues on some units
Scores
Specifications
| Radeon RX 590 | EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Polaris | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 8★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 40★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 175★ | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 550★ | 650 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 6-pin | Two available 8-pin or 6+2-pin PCIe power dongles |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 3 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | — | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 238★ | 285 |
| Slot Width | — | 2.2200000286102295★ |
| Form Factor | — | Full Height |
| Weight | — | 1.40 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✗ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
- Strong social proof (66th percentile)
- Below average vram (22nd percentile)
- Below average efficiency (23rd percentile)
- Below average rt (23rd percentile)
- Below average ai (25th percentile)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 8GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile)
- Strong feature (79th percentile)
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
Pricing
Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 offers 2.1x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 67 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 39 specs.
