Radeon RX 590 GME vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.70no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Polaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 April 2020 (4 years ago)9 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30722304
Core clock speed735 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speed1080 MHz1420 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate207.4204.5
Floating-point processing power6.636 TFLOPS6.543 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs192144
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.0 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 118.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Radeon RX 590 GME. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon RX 590 GME is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
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