MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC and the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 4
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 1.469 GHz.

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.565 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 % Boost Clock 1.565 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is 220 WDeviation vs GPU group-2 %. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 WDeviation vs GPU group-2 % TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC is 278 mm long, 143 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 298 mm long, 134 mm high and 53 mm wide.

278 mm Length 298 mm
143 mm Height 134 mm
40 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
873 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 299 $.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 299 $.

-- Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX590-8G-GAMING
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2018
299 $ Launch Price 299 $
14 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

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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