AMD Radeon RX 590 vs ATI Rage Fury
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Polaris 30 | Rage 4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 30 XT (215-0922006) | 215R4GAUC21 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Rage 4 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 12 nm | 250 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 8 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 89 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 15th, 2018 | Aug 1st, 1999 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Polaris | Rage 4 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 279 USD | — |
| Current price | Amazon / Newegg | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Reviews | 36 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Arctic Islands | Rage 3 |
| Successor | Vega | Rage 6 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1469 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1545 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective | 120 MHz |
| GPU clock | — | 80 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 32 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | SDR |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 1.920 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 2 |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 2 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 0 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 160.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 222.5 GTexel/s | 160.0 MTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 7.119 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 7.119 TFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 445.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | — |
| TDP | 175 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | C944-41 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 6.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | — |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | — |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
