NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 365 Watt
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 3800 MHz vs 1707 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.324 vs 30.921
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1181.463 vs 1116.126
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.978 vs 3.799
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.37 vs 49.114
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.575 vs 107.239
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4590 vs 4118
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4590 vs 4118
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 November 2011 vs 24 March 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 365 Watt
Memory clock speed 3800 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.324 vs 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1181.463 vs 1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.978 vs 3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.37 vs 49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.575 vs 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4590 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4590 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 3330

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 732 MHz
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 41.0 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 448
  • Around 90% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,311.7 gflops
  • 2.4x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1280 MB
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 2133
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 2133
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 732 MHz
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion / sec vs 41.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 448
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,311.7 gflops
Maximum memory size 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1280 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 2133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 2133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.324
30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1181.463
1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.978
3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.37
49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
121.575
107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4590
4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2133
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4590
4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2133
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3330
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.324 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1181.463 1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.978 3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.37 49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.575 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4590 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2133 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4590 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2133 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4197 0
PassMark - G3D Mark 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark 394
Geekbench - OpenCL 12830

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF110 GF110
Launch date 29 November 2011 24 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $289 $699
Place in performance rating 766 768
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $184
Value for money (0-100) 30.41

Technical info

Core clock speed 732 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,311.7 gflops 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 1024
Texture fill rate 41.0 GTexel / s 77.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 365 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,000 million
CUDA cores 1024
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin Two 8-pin
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options Quad

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth 152.0 GB / s 327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 3800 MHz 1707 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround