AMD Tonga
VS
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Tonga
VS
AMD Radeon RX 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 Tonga  vs  AMD Radeon RX 590.

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Place in performance rating
135
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Value for money (0-100)
47.84
GCN 3.0
Architecture
Polaris
Tonga
Code name
Polaris 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$279
$27
Price now
$409 (1.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
43.37
Tonga
GPU code name
Polaris 30
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Tonga  vs  AMD Radeon RX 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.

2048
Pipelines
2304
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Core clock speed
1469 MHz
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Boost Clock
1545 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
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Texture fill rate
222.5
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
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Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
175 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

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 Tonga vs AMD Radeon RX 590.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
256.0 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 Tonga vs AMD Radeon RX 590.

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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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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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FreeSync
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Tonga and AMD Radeon RX 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 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Tonga and AMD Radeon RX 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 Tonga or AMD Radeon RX 590 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Tonga
AMD Radeon RX 590 119 73 61 48 37 19
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Tonga
AMD Radeon RX 590 132 82.6 75 73.9 52 27
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Tonga
AMD Radeon RX 590 287 158 139 96 71.5 39.9
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Tonga
AMD Radeon RX 590 303.2 123.2 82.8 57.7 36.8 19.4
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Tonga
AMD Radeon RX 590 212 128 111 110 75.3 39.1
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 Tonga

Cheaper ($27 vs $409 (1.5x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590

43.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Tonga or AMD Radeon RX 590?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 590 .

AMD Tonga versus AMD Radeon RX 590 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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379940 (100 %)

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 270 Hitesti Score