ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 vs XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  AD102 (Ada Lovelace) Polaris 30
• Execution units
  128 36
• Shader
  16384 2304
• Render Output Units
  192 32
• Texture Units
  512 144

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  24 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  21 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  1008 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.235 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.550 GHz+ 1 % 1.580 GHz+ 2 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  450 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  450 W-25 % 235 W
• Tjunction max
  90 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 16-Pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 and XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 110 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  348 mm 270 mm
• Height
  160 mm 124 mm
• Width
  73 mm 53 mm
• Width (Slots)
  4 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB and ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q3/2019
• Release price
  1,979 $ --
• Structure size
  4 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  TUF-RTX4090-24G-GAMING RX-590P8DFD6
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet