PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid
vs
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid has the Vega 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is based on the graphics chip Polaris 30 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid GPU XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
GCN 5 Architecture GCN 4
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
4096 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 32
256 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid clocks at 0.945 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.9 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.406 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.677 GHz Boost Clock 1.565 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 295 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

295 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid is equipped with a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB 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 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

283 mm Length 270 mm
130 mm Height 124 mm
40 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX VEGA 64 8GBHBM2-3DHW Part-no RX-590P8DLD6
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2019
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $
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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