NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 590

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 $299
AMD Radeon RX 590 $279
3840 Shaders
8GB GDDR7
2490MHz
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
1545MHz
Peak AI Performance
611.94 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
19.12 TFLOPS
FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
19.12 TFLOPS
FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
145W
TDP
225W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
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
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV196
GB206
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Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 30
Variant
Polaris 30 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/5/2025
Release Date
11/15/2018
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
12LP
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Die Size
183 mm²
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Transistor Count
23 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.68M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
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Compute Units
36 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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2235MHz Base
2490MHz
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1469MHz Base
1545MHz
Peak AI Performance
611.94 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
FP4
305.97 TFLOPS Tensor
611.94 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
305.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
19.12 TFLOPS
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
152.99 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
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FP32
19.12 TFLOPS
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FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
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FP64
300 GFLOPS
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FP64
440 GFLOPS
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BF16
19.12 TFLOPS
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor
76.49 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
19.12 TFLOPS Tensor
38.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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152.99 TOPS Tensor
305.97 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
19.12 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
58 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
119.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
298.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
222.48 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
32MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR7
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8GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
22.2GT/s
Bandwidth
354.8GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
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TDP
145W
TDP
225W
Temp
85°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 9
Model
VCE 3.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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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_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Not a Card
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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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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