NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

ATI Radeon HD 5870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
3x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2199
6.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12830 vs 1858
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.921 vs 18.789
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 1.775
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 43.496

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 March 2011 vs 23 September 2009
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341 vs 2199
Geekbench - OpenCL	12830 vs 1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.921 vs 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799 vs 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.114 vs 43.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683 vs 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683 vs 3671

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Around 56% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1024
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 188 Watt vs 365 Watt
2.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 394
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 1116.126
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 245.813 vs 107.239
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4541 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3330
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4541 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3330

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1600 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt vs 365 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1339.688 vs 1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	245.813 vs 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

2199

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

416

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12830

1858

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.921

18.789

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1116.126

1339.688

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.799

1.775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.114

43.496

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

107.239

245.813

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4118

4541

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3671

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4118

4541

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

3671

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590	ATI Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341	2199
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	416
Geekbench - OpenCL	12830	1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.921	18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1116.126	1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799	1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.114	43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.239	245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4118	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4118	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590	ATI Radeon HD 5870
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF110	Cypress
Launch date	24 March 2011	23 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$399
Place in performance rating	768	770
Price now	$184
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	30.41
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	850 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1024	1600
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	365 Watt	188 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,154 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)	282 mm
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround
AMD Eyefinity