AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 590
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

135
Place in performance rating
71
47.84
Value for money (0-100)
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Polaris
Architecture
Turing
Polaris 30
Code name
TU104B
Desktop
Type
Laptop
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
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$409 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$1268
43.37
Value for money
12.54
Polaris 30
GPU code name
N18E-G3-A1 MAX-Q TU104
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
2944
1469 MHz
Core clock speed
735-990 MHz
1545 MHz
Boost Clock
1095 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
13,600 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
222.5
Texture fill rate
201.5
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2944
1545 MHz
Boost clock speed
1095-1230 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
13,600 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
80 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
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1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
256.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
+
+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
7.5
+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
2.0
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 132 82.6 75 73.9 52 27
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 287 158 139 96 71.5 39.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 303.2 123.2 82.8 57.7 36.8 19.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 590 212 128 111 110 75.3 39.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 156 139 136 134
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 $1268)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

20.58% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2944 vs 2304)

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 175 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 256.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q .

AMD Radeon RX 590 versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

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