Comparing MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5

gpu Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 item

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 30 Navi 10 XT
• Execution units
  36 40
• Shader
  2304 2560
• Render Output Units
  32 64
• Texture Units
  144 160

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.469 GHz 1.605 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.545 GHz 1.905 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.775 GHz+ 1 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  225 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  235 W 335 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 89 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Radial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 1 x 80 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 47-48 dB

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No

• Length
  230 mm 270 mm
• Height
  125 mm 110 mm
• Width
  40 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1110 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- 409 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  11289-06 --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet