GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation 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 980 Ti		17120 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 10440 (156%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 590 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
	Difference: 7680 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should be a lot (approximately 127%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98304 (127%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 590, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37728 (65%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.