GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1937 MHz on this specific card. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 590 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
	Difference: 179584 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (approximately 308%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 239104 (308%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47328 (81%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR 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 number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.