AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

135
Place in performance rating
47
47.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Polaris
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
Polaris 30
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
30 July 2021 (less than a year ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$379
$409 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$811 (2.1x MSRP)
43.37
Value for money
33.35
Polaris 30
GPU code name
Navi 23
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
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1469 MHz
Core clock speed
1968 MHz
1545 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,700 million
Transistor count
no data
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
222.5
Texture fill rate
331.4
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1545 MHz
Boost clock speed
2589 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
11,060 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
241 mm
Length
190 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
256.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is the additional functionality.

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FreeSync
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
no data
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 590 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 119 73 61 48 37 19
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 132 82.6 75 73.9 52 27
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 287 158 139 96 71.5 39.9
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 303.2 123.2 82.8 57.7 36.8 19.4
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 212 128 111 110 75.3 39.1
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590

Cheaper ($409 (1.5x MSRP) vs $811 (2.1x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

14.94% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 12 nm)

So, AMD Radeon RX 590 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT .

AMD Radeon RX 590 versus AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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