Radeon RX 590
[ RADEON ] Graphics Cards

Radeon RX 590

Overall Score
19/100
GRADE D · Poor
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU) GCN 4.0
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

Radeon RX 590 is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 19/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
28/100
Rating: Poor
Gaming
16/100
Rating: Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Fire Strike 16527
Night Raid 62043
Time Spy 4778
Wild Life Extreme 9737

API

API specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
DLSS No
DirectX 12
DisplayPort 1.4a
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6
Ray Tracing No
Vulkan 1.3

Games

Games specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
1080p High 57
1080p Ultra 44
1440p Ultra 30
4K Ultra 15
CoD: Modern Warfare III 51433116
Counter-Strike 2 92664220
Cyberpunk 2077 333318-
Far Cry 6 61533819
Forza Horizon 5 80423320
Ghost of Tsushima 3626189
Hogwarts Legacy 37292210
Margin of Error Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65563516
The Witcher 3 58462915

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Backend DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 15075
Face Detection (HP) 12467
Framework ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 3307
Image Segmentation (HP) 4895
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9072
Machine Translation (HP) 2504
Object Detection (SP) 3746
Pose Estimation (Q) 43468
Style Transfer (SP) 96813
Text Classification (SP) 1547

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
API OpenCL
Background Blur 69 img/sec
Edge Detection 3.31 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 38.2 img/sec
Feature Matching 0.38 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.31 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 1.75 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6238 FPS
Stereo Matching 180.5 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Architecture GCN 4.0
Build Discrete
Case Desktop
GPU Codename Polaris 30
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Nvidia Equivalent -GeForce GTX 1060
Purpose Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core i5 8500or above
Released November 15, 2018
Segment High-end
Vendor Amd

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Base Clock 1469 MHz
Boost Clock 1545 MHz
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores No
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32
Shading Units 2304
Tensor Cores No
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144

Memory

Memory specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Bus 256-bit
ECC No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps
Memory Clock 2000 MHz
Memory Size 8 GB
Memory Type GDDR5

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
DirectX 11 65 FPS
DirectX 12 45 FPS
G2D Mark 789
GPU Compute 3736 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Die Size 232 mm²
Fabrication Process 12 nm
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries
TGP 175 W
Transistor Count 5 billion
Transistor Density 21.55 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications for Radeon RX 590
Specification Value
Pixel Fill Rate 49 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTexel/s

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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