In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 12 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5.
The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Base Clock
1.465 GHz
1.469 GHz
Boost Clock
1.725 GHz
1.545 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.63 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.465 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 1.469 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
TDP
180 W
225 W
TDP (up)
220 W
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Tjunction max
98 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 80 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
46-47 dB
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The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
2x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Length
281 mm
230 mm
Height
127 mm
125 mm
Width
42 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 281 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 230 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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