Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
vs
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 and the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 GPU ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip Polaris 20 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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 269 GB/s.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 262 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.100 GHz Memory Clock 2.050 GHz
8.4 Gbps Memory Speed 8.2 Gbps
269 GB/s Memory bandwidth 262 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.257 GHz.

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.560 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 236 mm long, 128 mm high and 42 mm wide.

260 mm Length 236 mm
135 mm Height 128 mm
43 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 229 $.

11289-05 Part-no PHANTOM G M2 R RX580 8G
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2017
279 $ Launch Price 229 $
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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