RX 480 vs 580 vs 590

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How different are these cards anyways?

Assuming they are all 8gb, how much actual difference do these cards have.

And how different in performance would these be than my R9 390 8gb?
 
Thank you!

Was there a die shrink from the 480 to 580?

Also how well does the 480 overclock? And can it approach the 580/590 in core and memory?

I see at stock clock the 480 is very close to the 390 without the power consumption.
 
Marginally faster most of the time. And that's really only the 580 and 590. The 480 and 580 are both 14nm where the 590 is 12nm. Are you looking to upgrade or replace your 390?
 
Marginally faster most of the time. And that's really only the 580 and 590. The 480 and 580 are both 14nm where the 590 is 12nm. Are you looking to upgrade or replace your 390?


I'm thinking about mailing my little brother my 390 for his birthday, and buying something to replace the 390 that maybe is more efficient for under $150.
 
I'm thinking about mailing my little brother my 390 for his birthday, and buying something to replace the 390 that maybe is more efficient for under $150.
you should be able to get a premium 580 8gb for no more than a hundred bucks plus shipping...i would skip even looking at the 480 since the 580 addressed all the starting issues polaris had...the 590s were way over priced from the get go...i would totally rule them out unless it was no more than 100 as well. i suppose if i could find a 8gb 480 for under 80 then maybe
 
you should be able to get a premium 580 8gb for no more than a hundred bucks plus shipping...i would skip even looking at the 480 since the 580 addressed all the starting issues polaris had...the 590s were way over priced from the get go...i would totally rule them out unless it was no more than 100 as well. i suppose if i could find a 8gb 480 for under 80 then maybe

I've seen 580s go for around $110-120 here. I saw a 590 at $150, and have seen a 480 8gb (reference cooler) go for $80.

Thoughts on the pricing currently?
 
I've seen 580s go for around $110-120 here. I saw a 590 at $150, and have seen a 480 8gb (reference cooler) go for $80.

Thoughts on the pricing currently?
sold my rx580 8gb about a year ago for 120 shipped in perfect condition. If your Gonna spend more than 120 you might as well go up a few real notches to real upgrade like vega or navi. If the 480 8gb is in great working condition 80 bucks sounds ok to me and the 580/590 are pretty much the same performance anyway. You have a link for the 480?
 
sold my rx580 8gb about a year ago for 120 shipped in perfect condition. If your Gonna spend more than 120 you might as well go up a few real notches to real upgrade like vega or navi. If the 480 8gb is in great working condition 80 bucks sounds ok to me and the 580/590 are pretty much the same performance anyway. You have a link for the 480?
Here is the for sale link:
https://hardforum.com/threads/r9-390-haswell-budget-gaming-setup-350-1070ti-225-rx580-80.1992251/

Been a while since it was bumped.
 
I think stay away from the 590 if you are sidegrading to get more efficiency. 590 threw away all the efficiency gainz of Polaris to chase that last little bit of performance, instead of getting the same perf as a 390 with less heat and power you'd end up with the same heat and power as a 390 for just a tiny bit more performance.
 
My ONLY reservation on the linked 480 is the power hookup. If you have a high end motherboard, the power draw from the pcie slot might not be a huge deal. If it has a 8pin power hookup then it wouldnt matter anyway...just a small factor to consider. On my motherboard it wouldnt matter...its built like a tank lol...some lower end boards might an issue if its only a 6pin power feed. I cant tell from the picture?
 
I think stay away from the 590 if you are sidegrading to get more efficiency. 590 threw away all the efficiency gainz of Polaris to chase that last little bit of performance, instead of getting the same perf as a 390 with less heat and power you'd end up with the same heat and power as a 390 for just a tiny bit more performance.


What about if it was under locked? Or undervolted?

Theoretically speaking
 
What about if it was under locked? Or undervolted?

Theoretically speaking
underclocking & undervolting a 590 just turns it into a 580. Like primetime said, it's not worth the extra $$. Unless you really want the fastest clocks that Polaris can manage and power consumption be damned, you'd be paying extra for overbuilt power delivery and cooling that would be wasted on an undervolted card.
 
sure if it was 100 or less.......its NOT worth paying extra for period
underclocking & undervolting a 590 just turns it into a 580. Like primetime said, it's not worth the extra $$. Unless you really want the fastest clocks that Polaris can manage and power consumption be damned, you'd be paying extra for overbuilt power delivery and cooling that would be wasted on an undervolted card.

Thats what I thought as well, thank you for the input.

In the mean time I am going to be looking for a really good deal on GPUs, and no rush on my end either...
 
OP I'm in a similar boat to you and I'm hoping that the 5500xt 8GB comes down in price sometime soon. It's a tad bit slower than the 590 but uses 100 W less power. The only problem is it's $200, which doesn't seem right to me given rx 480 came out in 2016 for about the same price. I guess this the reality these days. Hopefully nvidia's next gen cards push down prices.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2548?vs=2577
 
OP I'm in a similar boat to you and I'm hoping that the 5500xt 8GB comes down in price sometime soon. It's a tad bit slower than the 590 but uses 100 W less power. The only problem is it's $200, which doesn't seem right to me given rx 480 came out in 2016 for about the same price. I guess this the reality these days. Hopefully nvidia's next gen cards push down prices.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2548?vs=2577

Right, there is no conceivable reason why the price can't drop $30. When Nvidia released the Maxwell 128-bit 120w part, they cut the price of the 256-bit GTX 770 performance in-half. There needs to be at-least a $30 price drop on the entire 5500 XT lineup, or it's pointless. What was the selling point of 7nm, if you can't reduce costs?

Nvidia is using he exact same GDDR6 memory, so they wouldn't be losing money at those prices. They were just smart, and made 192-bit 6gb cards to compete with the 8gb 5500XT (chepear to provde memory, and has better peak performnace)
 
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Marginally faster most of the time. And that's really only the 580 and 590. The 480 and 580 are both 14nm where the 590 is 12nm. Are you looking to upgrade or replace your 390?

Very common and easy to make misconception. The 590 is exactly the same die size. The naming of the node changed because they switched companies. Process size naming is joke these days as it's all marketing fluff. Intel's 10nm is the same size of TSMC 7nm.

The RX570, 580, and 590 all have the same size die:

5.7×109
232 mm2
 
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I got a Gigabyte RX580 8GB off eBay for $90 last year. So far with each game I have thrown at it it has been working extremely well at a max resolution of 1080P.
 
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