GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 590, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 855 MHz on this specific model. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 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 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 11494 (172%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 215 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 590 will be 25% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 66176 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (about 133%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 103024 (133%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38112 (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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.