AMD Radeon RX 5500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 5500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon RX 5500  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590.

152
Place in performance rating
344
no data
Value for money (0-100)
20.75
RDNA 1.0
Architecture
Fermi
Navi 14
Code name
GF110
Desktop
Type
Desktop
7 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
24 March 2011 (10 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$853
Price now
$600 (0.9x MSRP)
17.36
Value for money
1.68
Navi 14
GPU code name
GF110
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 5500  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1408
Pipelines
512
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Core clock speed
607 MHz
1845 MHz
Boost Clock
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6,400 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
365 Watt
162.4
Texture fill rate
77.7 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
2x 1,244.2 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
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CUDA cores
1024
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1845 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
6,400 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
365 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
180 mm
Length
11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
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Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
128 Bit
Memory bus width
768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1707 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
327.7 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
DSR
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12.0 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 5500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5500

23.6% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 365 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Cheaper ($600 (0.9x MSRP) vs $853)

More maximum RAM amount (3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (327.7 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 5500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5500 .

AMD Radeon RX 5500 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Passmark

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User rating

3.8 Out of 17 Hitesti Score
2.6 Out of 5 Hitesti Score