NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 4.1x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 19 billion / sec
- 16x more pipelines: 1024 vs 64
- 13x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB
- 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 679
- Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 308
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 3221
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 3221
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 24 March 2011 vs 3 March 2009 |
| Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec vs 19 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 192 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 vs 679 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 394 vs 308 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3330 vs 3221 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 vs 3221 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1215 MHz
- 6.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 365 Watt
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 1215 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 365 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3341 | 679 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 394 | 308 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12811 | |
| 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 | 3221 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4118 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3683 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 | 3221 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | GF110 | G94 |
| Launch date | 24 March 2011 | 3 March 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Place in performance rating | 773 | 775 |
| Price now | $184 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 30.41 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1215 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,244.2 gflops | 192 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 64 |
| Texture fill rate | 77.7 billion / sec | 19 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 365 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 505 million |
| Gigaflops | 288 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | S / PDIF |
| Display Connectors | 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort | VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | 2048x1536 |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | 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) | |
| SLI options | Quad | 2-way |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 8-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 327.7 GB / s | 51 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1707 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| HybridPower | ||
| Power management | 8.0 | |
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