AMD Radeon RX 590
Specifications, where the Radeon RX 590 sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 4500
The Radeon RX 590 and the Ryzen 5 4500 return about 25 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 4500 leaves the Radeon RX 590 idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a Radeon RX 590 at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Released | 2018 |
| Video memory | 8 GB |
| Board power | 225 W |
| Gaming performance index | 18.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the Radeon RX 590
On our index the Radeon RX 590 scores 18.0, which places it 77th of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 14% of them.
The Radeon RX 590 and the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER land on exactly the same index score of 18.0, so on raw throughput the two are interchangeable and the choice between them comes down to memory, power draw and price on the day.
8 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the Radeon RX 590: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 8 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the Radeon RX 590 simply being slow.
At 225 W the Radeon RX 590 sits in the mainstream power bracket, so a competent supply of around 550 W total handles the whole machine and cooling is a matter of normal case airflow rather than special planning.
Released in 2018, the Radeon RX 590 is 8 years old and well past the point of being a sensible new purchase, and it is here because plenty of people still run a Radeon RX 590 and want to know what to pair with it or whether to replace it.
Radeon RX 590 frame rate at each resolution
The Radeon RX 590 paired with the Ryzen 5 4500 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the Radeon RX 590 falls the full 70% from 33 fps to 10 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 33 fps | GPU |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 25 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 10 fps | GPU |
How the Radeon RX 590 compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the Radeon RX 590 on our gaming index, running from the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER at +28% to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti at +11%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the Radeon RX 590, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the Radeon RX 590
When the Radeon RX 590 becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is the next step worth paying for: 28.0 on our index against 18.0, a jump of 56%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the Radeon RX 590 against your own parts
Radeon RX 590 specifications on this page are from AMD, while its performance index of 18.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the Radeon RX 590 rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this