GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which comes with a clock frequency of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 855 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 1070 Ti		19808 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 13128 (197%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is much (approximately 214%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 166568 (214%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 590, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44576 (76%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.