Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 590
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 590
113%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590 |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 590
The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1257 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
49
Radeon RX 590
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
78
Radeon RX 590
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
36
Radeon RX 590
46
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
Radeon RX 590
84
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
60
Radeon RX 590
58
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
58
Radeon RX 590
77
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
28
Radeon RX 590
28
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
38
Radeon RX 590
39
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
Radeon RX 590
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
31
Radeon RX 590
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
Radeon RX 590
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX 590
34
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
Radeon RX 590
60
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
39
Radeon RX 590
41
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
41
Radeon RX 590
56
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
20
Radeon RX 590
21
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
30
Radeon RX 590
32
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
Radeon RX 590
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
17
Radeon RX 590
19
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
Radeon RX 590
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX 590
19
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX 590
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
Radeon RX 590
19
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX 590
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
10
Radeon RX 590
11
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
Radeon RX 590
21
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
Radeon RX 590
21
FPS (higher is better)