AMD Radeon RX 590 vs AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon RX 590 $279
AMD Radeon 520
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
1545MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
225W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 30
Variant
Polaris 30 XT
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/15/2018
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12LP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Compute Units
36 CUs
Compute Units
5 CUs
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1469MHz Base
1545MHz
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1030MHz
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FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
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FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
222.48 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
128KB Shared
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8GB
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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TDP
225W
TDP
Unknown
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
VCE 3.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 6.3
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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