Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Radeon RX 590
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 590
Radeon R9 Nano
Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
Release date: 27 Aug 2015
Radeon R9 Nano

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 590
    125%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590

25% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 Nano

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 590

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 590

The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 590Radeon R9 Nano
GPU NamePolaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX)vsFiji (Fiji XT CA)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs596 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs8,900 million
Shaders2304vs4096
Compute Units36vs64
Core clock1257 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs144vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 590Radeon R9 Nano
Memory TypeGDDR5vsHBM
Bus Width256 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 590Radeon R9 Nano
TDP0 wattsvs175 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs27 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    49.44 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    222.50 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    256.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 590
    256.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 590
    7119.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    8192.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    46
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    63
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    90
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    59
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    34
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    52
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    43
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    64
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    33
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    19
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    29
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    38
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    45

FPS (higher is better)