NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs ATI FireGL V3600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and ATI FireGL V3600 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 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 16.2x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
- 8.5x more pipelines: 1024 vs 120
- 17.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 144 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 12x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 256 MB
- Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1707 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 18.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 180
- Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 1755
- Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 1755
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 24 March 2011 vs 28 June 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 1215 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 120 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1707 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 vs 180 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3330 vs 1755 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 vs 1755 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600
- 5x lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 365 Watt
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 394
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 73 Watt vs 365 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 vs 394 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | ATI FireGL V3600 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 | 180 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 394 | 399 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12830 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.921 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1116.126 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.799 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.114 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 107.239 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4118 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3683 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3330 | 1755 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4118 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3683 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 | 1755 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | ATI FireGL V3600 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | GF110 | RV630 |
| Launch date | 24 March 2011 | 28 June 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 768 | 771 |
| Price now | $184 | |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
| Value for money (0-100) | 30.41 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1215 MHz | 600 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops | 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 120 |
| Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec | 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 365 Watt | 73 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 390 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 |
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| 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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) | |
| SLI options | Quad | |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 8-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 327.7 GB / s | 16 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1707 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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