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GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GTX 590 features a GPU core clock speed of 607 MHz, and the 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM is set to run at 855 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 512 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which has core clock speeds of 875 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2880 SPUs along with 240 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 780 Ti 10900 points
GeForce GTX 590 6680 points
Difference: 4220 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 250 Watts
GeForce GTX 590 365 Watts
Difference: 115 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 590 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590 328320 MB/sec
Difference: 7680 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is a lot (approximately 170%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 210000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590 77696 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 132304 (170%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is superior to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590 58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 780 Ti 42000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 16272 (39%)

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 590 GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 2011 November 2013
Code Name GF110 GK110
Memory 1536 MB (x2) 3072 MB
Core Speed 607 MHz (x2) 875 MHz
Memory Speed 3420 MHz (x2) 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 365 watts 250 watts
Bandwidth 328320 MB/sec 336000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 77696 Mtexels/sec 210000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 58272 Mpixels/sec 42000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 (x2) 2880
Texture Mapping Units 64 (x2) 240
Render Output Units 48 (x2) 48
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit (x2) 384-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3000 million 7080 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.4

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 590

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