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AMD Radeon RX590 GME

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME is a graphics card released on March 9, 2020. It has 2,304 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.38 GHz and a 175 W board power rating. It scores 8,283 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

Polaris 20

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 38 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

2,304cores

36 compute units

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

1.38 GHz

1.26 GHz base

Board power

175 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME scores 8,283 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #359), measured across 658 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 704.

PassMark G3D Mark

8,283

Rank #359
Faster than 86.8% of 2,658 GPUs
658 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 119 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 78.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 46 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 75% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 73.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 41 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 75% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,968 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 73.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX590 GME averages DirectX 9 119 fps, DirectX 10 46 fps, DirectX 11 57 fps, DirectX 12 41 fps and GPU Compute 2,968 ops/s, across 658 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 8 GB

Core clock 1257 MHz

Memory clock 8000 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 175 W

First benchmarked 2020-09-24

Samples 658

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX590 GME states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 1257 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2020-09-24. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename Polaris 20

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 5,700 M

Die size 232 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME uses the Polaris 20 graphics processor, contains 5,700 million transistors and has a die size of 232 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,304

Compute units 36

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME has 2,304 shading units, 36 compute units and 32 render output units.

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon RX590 GME.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.26 GHz

Boost clock 1.38 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME runs at a base clock of 1.26 GHz and boosts to 1.38 GHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 256.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME has a board power rating of 175 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 175 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched March 9, 2020

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME was released on March 9, 2020.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 8,283

PassMark G2D 704

Rank #359

Samples 658

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon RX590 GME. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon RX590 GME. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon RX590 GME.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX590 GME have?

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 256.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX590 GME use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME has a board power rating of 175 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX590 GME?

The AMD Radeon RX590 GME scores 8,283 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #359. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 41 fps.