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AMD logo Radeon RX 590
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AMD logo Radeon R9 280

AMD Radeon RX 590 logo AMD Radeon R9 280 logo
General information Radeon RX 590 Radeon R9 280
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 3072 MB 62.5 %
Core Clock 1545 MHz 0 % 850 MHz 45 %
Boost Clock 1600 MHz 0 % 1072 MHz 33 %
Effective Clock 8400 MHz 0 % 6000 MHz 28.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 12.5 % 200 W 0 %
Length 298 mm 0 % 297 mm 0.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 4-way 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 590 Radeon R9 280
Overall Score 49443 0 % 36523 26.1 %
Future Proof 63 % 0 % 20 % 68.3 %
Benchmark Score 24446 0 % 13339 45.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 802.4 0 % 691.7 13.8 %
Average DirectX performance 71.6 FPS 0 % 43.5 FPS 39.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 128 FPS 0 % 86.6 FPS 32.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 47.9 FPS 0 % 30.2 FPS 37 %
DirectX 11 performance 65 FPS 0 % 31.3 FPS 51.9 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.7 FPS 0 % 26.1 FPS 42.9 %
Graphic card computing 4132.9 operations/s 0 % 2480.5 operations/s 40 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 590, Radeon R9 280.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 590 Radeon R9 280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 77.4 FPS
High settings 201.9 FPS 139.4 FPS
Medium settings 242.3 FPS 167.3 FPS
Low settings 339.2 FPS 234.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 31 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon RX 590, Radeon R9 280.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 590 Radeon R9 280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.9 FPS 60.6 FPS
High settings 149.2 FPS 109.0 FPS
Medium settings 179.1 FPS 130.8 FPS
Low settings 250.7 FPS 183.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.9 %
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