The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.55 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.12 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 25 % faster than the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G.
The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
1.469 GHz
Boost Clock
1.360 GHz
1.545 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.34 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 1.545 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
TDP
185 W
225 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5
Length
242 mm
230 mm
Height
129 mm
125 mm
Width
38 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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