Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
The Polaris 20 GPU with 2304 shaders and 8GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus provides competent 1080p gaming in titles like Doom Eternal and Call of Duty: Warzone. Its dual-fan cooling solution effectively manages the 175W TDP, while versatile outputs including triple DisplayPort offer flexible multi-monitor setups. This card is best for budget-conscious gamers building a system strictly for 1080p resolution who need a capable, entry-level VR-ready option.
GPU Radeon RX 590
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
TDP 175 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Class consumer
32 Overall Score
Price $136
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average vram (22nd percentile)
- Below average efficiency (23rd percentile)
- Below average rt (23rd percentile)
- Below average ai (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 590 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | Polaris |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 2304 |
| Stream Processors | 2304 |
| Base Clock | 1340 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 9306 |
| GPU Compute | 3781 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 175 |
| Recommended PSU | 550 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 6-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 3 |
Physical
| Length | 238 |
Features
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Radeon RX 590 | MSI Ventus G5060-8V3C | PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING | Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD | EVGA XC3 08G-P5-3755-KL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | Radeon RX 9060 XT | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | - | 2535 | 2535 | 1785 | 3320 | 1770 |
| Tdp W | 175 | 145 | 145 | 200 | 217 | 220 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 128 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon RX 590 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 26.7 | 56.7 | 22.7 | 41 | 66.9 |
| MSI Ventus G5060-8V3C Compare | 40.5 | 60.5 | 47.8 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 85.5 | 94 | 70 |
| PNY Dual Fan OC VCG50608DFXPB1-O Compare | 40.5 | 60.5 | 47.8 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 89.9 | 44.2 | 85.5 | 94 | 95.5 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING Compare | 43.8 | 64.4 | 42.2 | 51.6 | 52.9 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 61.4 | 78 | 88.9 |
| Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD Compare | 47.5 | 51.4 | 36.8 | 49.8 | 65.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 51.1 | 76.7 | 95.5 |
| EVGA XC3 08G-P5-3755-KL Compare | 37.7 | 67.8 | 39.1 | 60.3 | 54.8 | 79.1 | 72.8 | 60.5 | 57.4 | 95.5 |
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