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GeForce GTX 590 vs Geforce GTX 680
IntroThe GeForce GTX 590 features a core clock frequency of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 855 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 680, which comes with GPU core speed of 1006 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
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BenchmarksThese 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.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GTX 590, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 680 in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe Geforce GTX 680 is a lot (approximately 66%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is a better choice, by far. (explain)
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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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 590 vs Geforce GTX 680”The Texel Rate calculation is incorrect for the GTX 590 as it does not incorporate the Dual GPU factor.
[...] Uploads0 Originally Posted by Ali Man It IS in the market, it just ran out of stock 2 days after it was launched. The 680 was low on stock and hasn't been restocked at most major online retailers, until this week (which is expected). Two 6950's vs one 680?. Even one GTX-590 cannot completely beat a GTX-680 and you're talking about two 6950's. You should really learn something before you type anything on forums man. with 2gb memory and 256bit u made a big blunder thats a big blunder 680 is better than gtx 590 do u know 590 got 2 580 in slot i thought u have some brain u surprise me my friend for ur info see these benchmarks with 590 open ur eyes and watch it and next time use some brain GeForce GTX 590 vs Geforce GTX 680 – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare [...]
lol, i checked this on every website, and gtx 590 wins the 680 in every single thing regarding gaming. It's obvious a 900$ card is better than a 600$ one. You're just jealous and apparently poor.