GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon Pro Vega 20, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 590 stacks up against Radeon Pro Vega 20, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro Vega 20 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro Vega 20 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon Pro Vega 20
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 4 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 265% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3068 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 227 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 590.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Radeon Pro Vega 20
Architecture Fermi Vega
Code name GF110 Vega Mobile
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 24 March 2011 15 November 2018
Pipelines 1024 1280
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 815 MHz
Boost Clock 1283 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 102.6
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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