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GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

The GeForce GTX 560 comes with a core clock frequency of 810 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1001 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 590, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 855 MHz on this particular model. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 590 6680 points
GeForce GTX 560 3030 points
Difference: 3650 (120%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 150 Watts
GeForce GTX 590 365 Watts
Difference: 215 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590 328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 128128 MB/sec
Difference: 200192 (156%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 is a lot (more or less 71%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590 77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 45360 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 32336 (71%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590 58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 25920 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 32352 (125%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 560 GeForce GTX 590
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2011 March 2011
Code Name GF114 GF110
Memory 1024 MB 1536 MB (x2)
Core Speed 810 MHz 607 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 4004 MHz 3420 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 150 watts 365 watts
Bandwidth 128128 MB/sec 328320 MB/sec
Texel Rate 45360 Mtexels/sec 77696 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 25920 Mpixels/sec 58272 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 512 (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 56 64 (x2)
Render Output Units 32 48 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 384-bit (x2)
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1950 million 3000 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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