GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD Radeon RX 460
CORE STATE
Baffin
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1200 MHz
TDP
75 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2016
VS
RADEON
Radeon RX 590
CORE STATE
Polaris 30
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1545 MHz
TDP
175 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
12 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2018
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 460
RX 590
Core Specs
Shading Units
896
2,304
+157.1%
Shaders
896
2,304
+157.1%
TMUs
56
144
+157.1%
ROPs
16
32
+100.0%
Compute Units
14
36
+157.1%
Clocks
Base Clock
1090 MHz
1469 MHz
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
1545 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective
2000 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
8,192
+300.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
19.20 GPixel/s
49.44 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
67.20 GTexel/s
222.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.150 TFLOPS
7.119 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
134.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
445.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
2.150 TFLOPS (1:1)
7.119 TFLOPS (1:1)
Power
TDP
75 W
175 W
TDP (W)
75
175
+133.3%
Suggested PSU
250 W
450 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GCN 4.0
GPU Name
Baffin
Polaris 30
Generation
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
Polaris
(RX 500)
Process Size
14 nm
12 nm
Transistors
3,000 million
5,700 million
Die Size
123 mm²
232 mm²
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Density
24.4M / mm²
24.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
170 mm
6.7 inches
241 mm
9.5 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.0b1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
—
279 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Pirate Islands
Arctic Islands
Successor
Polaris
Vega