Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE
AMD AMD Radeon RX 590 Speed index 6/100 Last updated:

Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE Benchmark and Specs

Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is 1.560 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 7.19 TFLOPS.
FP32
7.19TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.56GHz
Memory
8GB GDDR5
TDP
225 W

Technical details

GPU

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is equipped with 36 execution and 2304 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 7.19 TFLOPS is achieved.

GPU Chip
Polaris 30 XT (GCN 4)
Streaming Multiprocessors
36
Shader
2304
Render Output Units
32
Texture Units
144

Memory

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE has a 256 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 269 GB/s is achieved. In total, 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.

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

Clock Speeds

The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE with 1.469 GHz (base clock) or with 1.560 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.

Base Clock
1.469 GHz
Boost Clock
1.560 GHz+1 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

TDP
225 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is equipped with 2 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.2 version.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1

Featureset

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12.

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

Supported Video Codecs

Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.

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

Dimensions

The dimensions of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE are 260 mm in length, 135 mm in height and 43 mm in width. Thus 3 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.

Length
260 mm
Height
135 mm
Width
43 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE is manufactured in a structure width of 14 nm and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q4/2018.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q4/2018
Launch Price
279 $
Structure size
14 nm
Part-no
11289-01-20G
Documents
data sheet
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE
1.469 GHz · 8 GB · 225 W TDP
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Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p) Rank 3,647 / 4,595

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    32 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,596 / 4,594

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    65 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,545 / 4,601

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    91 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    101 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 Rank 3,851 / 5,255

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    52,003
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    52,115

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,095 / 5,233

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    48,319
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    48,423

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 497 / 750

  1. Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SESapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 SE8 GB GDDR5
    49,180
  2. AMD Radeon RX 590AMD Radeon RX 590Average of gpu group
    49,285

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