NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 680 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 32.6 GTexel / s
- Around 7% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 960
- Around 91% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB
- Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2270
- 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12811 vs 3349
- 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.921 vs 4.787
- Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 617.819
- 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 0.927
- 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 24.456
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 3229
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 3229
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 24 March 2011 vs 4 January 2011 |
Core clock speed | 1215 MHz vs 680 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec vs 32.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1024 vs 960 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 vs 2270 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 12811 vs 3349 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.921 vs 4.787 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1116.126 vs 617.819 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.799 vs 0.927 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.114 vs 24.456 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3683 vs 3229 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3683 vs 3229 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M
- 4.9x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 365 Watt
- 2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1707 MHz
- Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 394
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.801 vs 107.239
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 365 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1707 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 656 vs 394 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 117.801 vs 107.239 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 3330 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 3330 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6970M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 | 2270 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 394 | 656 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 12811 | 3349 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.921 | 4.787 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1116.126 | 617.819 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.799 | 0.927 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.114 | 24.456 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 107.239 | 117.801 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4118 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3683 | 3229 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3330 | 3342 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4118 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3683 | 3229 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 | 3342 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6970M | |
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Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | GF110 | Blackcomb |
Launch date | 24 March 2011 | 4 January 2011 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
Place in performance rating | 789 | 790 |
Price now | $184 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 30.41 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1215 MHz | 680 MHz |
CUDA cores | 1024 | |
Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops | 1,305.6 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
Pipelines | 1024 | 960 |
Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec | 32.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 365 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 3,000 million | 1,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
Length | 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) | |
SLI options | Quad | |
Supplementary power connectors | Two 8-pin | None |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 327.7 GB / s | 115.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1707 MHz | 3600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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