The Radeon RX 590 is a 2x or more times slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 6950 XT, however, it's a much better value for money, as it's £600.00 cheaper!
Advantages of the Radeon RX 590
- Up to 80% cheaper than the Radeon RX 6950 XT – £149.99 vs £749.99
- A much better value for money when playing games compared to the Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than the Radeon RX 6950 XT – 175 vs 335 Watts
Advantages of the Radeon RX 6950 XT
- A 2x or more times faster gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 590
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than the Radeon RX 590 – 16 vs 8 GB
Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
Radeon RX 590
Nov 15th, 2018
Average FPS
73
43%
Min 1% FPS
37
35%
Price, £
£149.99
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.05/FPS
100%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
May 10th, 2022
Average FPS
170
100%
Min 1% FPS
105
100%
Price, £
£749.99
19%
Value, £/FPS
£4.41/FPS
46%
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£749.99
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£1,442.22
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£1,295.02
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£1,300.00
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Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon RX 590 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon RX 590
Nov 15th, 2018
Memory
8 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
44%
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
17%
Texture Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
30%
FP32
7.119 TFLOPS
30%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
May 10th, 2022
Memory
16 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
576 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
295.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
739.2 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
23.65 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon RX 590 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | Radeon RX 6950 XT |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Nov 15th, 2018 | Release Date | May 10th, 2022 |
$279.00 | MSRP | $1,099.00 |
| Polaris | Generation | Navi II |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
175 W | Power Consumption | 335 W |
| Memory | ||
| 8 GB | Memory Size | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 256 GB/s | Bandwidth | 576 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 49.44 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 295.7 GPixel/s |
| 222.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 739.2 GTexel/s |
| 7.119 TFLOPS | FP32 | 23.65 TFLOPS |
