XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.28 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.07 TFLOPS.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip Navi 10
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 1
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB has a turbo clock of 1.580 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is 1.750 GHz.

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.540 GHz
1.580 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.70 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

225 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 43 dB

Connectivity

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 254 mm
124 mm Height 135 mm
53 mm Width 45 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB was released in Q3/2019.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RX-590P8DFD6 Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2019
299 $ Launch Price 349 $
14 nm Structure size 7 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

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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
63 fps (avg)

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)

XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
33 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
92 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
137 fps (avg)

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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