Radeon RX 590 vs RX 550X 640SP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.07
Power efficiencyno data9.55
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameBaffinPolaris 30
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)15 November 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores6402304
Core clock speed1019 MHz1469 MHz
Boost clock speed1071 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate42.84222.5
Floating-point processing power1.371 TFLOPS7.119 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs40144

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2018 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 175 Watt

RX 550X 640SP has 191.7% lower power consumption.

RX 590, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550X 640SP and Radeon RX 590. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP
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