Radeon RX 550 vs Radeon RX 590

Prices and Stock
MSRP $79

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

VisionTek Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 4K Monitor Graphics Card, 4X HDMI Outputs, Radeon Freesync 2, PCI Express 3.0, DirectX 12, Bus-Powered - 901459

Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

51RISC Radeon RX 590 GME Graphics Card, 2304SP 8GB GDDR5 256bit PCIe 3.0 ×16 1340MHz Base Clock Gaming Video Card (Radeon RX 590 GME)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 590 outperforms Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 574 days newer than Radeon RX 550.

Advantages of Radeon RX 550

Up to 24% better value when playing War Thunder than Radeon RX 590 - $0.38 vs $0.50 per FPS
Consumes up to 71% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 50 vs 175 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 590

Performs up to 7% better in War Thunder than Radeon RX 550 - 238 vs 222 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB

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War Thunder

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

FPS

222

93%

Value, $/FPS

$0.38/FPS

100%

Price, $

$83.99

100%

Value Winner

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for $83.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 208 minutes ago

Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018

FPS

238

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.5/FPS

76%

Price, $

$119.99

69%

FPS Winner

51RISC Radeon RX 590 GME Graphics Card, 2304SP 8GB GDDR5 256bit PCIe 3.0 ×16 1340MHz Base Clock Gaming Video Card (Radeon RX 590 GME)

Buy for $119.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 209 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018

1920 x 1080

Very High

349

FPS

380

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

385

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

303

FPS

373

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

535

FPS

620

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

Pixel Fillrate

18.93 GPixel/s

38%

Texel Fillrate

37.86 GTexel/s

17%

Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018

Pixel Fillrate

49.44 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

222.5 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 550	vs	Radeon RX 590
Apr 20th, 2017	Release Date	Nov 15th, 2018
Polaris	Generation	Polaris
$79	MSRP	$279
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
None	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR5
128-bit	Bus	256-bit
112 GB/s	Bandwidth	256 GB/s
1100 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1469 MHz
1183 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1545 MHz
1750 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz