XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming
vs
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming and the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming GPU PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Navi 21 GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
5120 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 32
320 Texture Units 144
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 is 1.469 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
2.340 GHz Boost Clock 1.555 GHz
2.11 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 225 W
345 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming is 340 mm long, 139 mm high and 57 mm wide.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 is 255 mm long, 157 mm high and 46 mm wide.

340 mm Length 255 mm
139 mm Height 157 mm
57 mm Width 46 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultra Gaming was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,099 $.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 V2 was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

RX-69XTACUD9 Part-no AXRX 590 8GBD5-3DHV2/OC
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2018
1,099 $ Launch Price 279 $
7 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

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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