Nvidia GeForce GTX 590
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 measures just 11", the GeForce GTX 590 boasts 8 Graphic Processing Clusters, 32 Streaming Multiprocessors, and 1024 CUDA cores. There are also 96 ROP (Raster Operations) units and 128 TAU (Texture Addressing Units). The GeForce GTX 590 is paired with two banks of 1536MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1707MHz (3414MHz DDR) for a total memory capacity of 3072MB.
Fermi
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
1024
Shader Cores
96
ROPs
128
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
3 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
164 GB/s
Bandwidth
365 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Mar 24, 2011 | Price at Launch: | $699 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | Fermi |
| Generation: | GeForce GTX 500 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 3 GB | Total Board Power: | 365 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 1024 | TMUs: | 128 |
| ROPs: | 96 | L2 Cache: | 768 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 3 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 3.41 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 384-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 164 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 608 MHz | FP32 Throughput: | 1.25 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 40nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 40nm | Die Size: | 520 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 365 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 2.0 x16 | DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.2 |
| DSC: | No | Max Displays: | 4 |
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 5.1 |
| OpenGL Version: | 4.6 | ||
It's impossible to conclude the GeForce GTX 590 is faster than the Radeon HD 6990 as it really depends on the game, and that's precisely why we test with fourteen titles now. Based on our findings, the GTX 590 was just 1% faster than the HD 6990...
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