PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 and the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Ampere
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2304 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 1.552 GHz.

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.545 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 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 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 255 mm long, 143 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 300 mm long, 134 mm high and 54 mm wide.

255 mm Length 300 mm
143 mm Height 134 mm
38 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

AXRX 590 8GBD5-DHD Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q1/2022
279 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 8 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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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