ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo
vs
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is based on the graphics chip Polaris 30 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo GPU MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture GCN 4
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

6 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
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.400 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.565 GHz
1.66 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

160 W TDP 220 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 80 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
31 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

283 mm Length 278 mm
123 mm Height 143 mm
54 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 873 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Top Evo has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2020.

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-RX5600XT-T6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2019
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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