ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 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.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 1.469 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.865 GHz Boost Clock 1.545 GHz
1.74 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 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.

130 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
39 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo is 242 mm long, 130 mm high and 49 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 230 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

242 mm Length 230 mm
130 mm Height 125 mm
49 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

DUAL-RX5500XT-O8G-EVO Part-no 11289-06
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2018
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $
7 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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