NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 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: 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 780M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 102.0 GTexel / s vs 77.7 billion / sec
Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 365 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3835 vs 3341
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 394
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.934 vs 30.921
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4868 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3330
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4868 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3330

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 May 2013 vs 24 March 2011
Texture fill rate	102.0 GTexel / s vs 77.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt vs 365 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3835 vs 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.934 vs 30.921
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4868 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4868 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3330

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 823 MHz
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 2,448 gflops
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12959 vs 12504
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 705.616
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 3.631
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 13.832
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.239 vs 78.867

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 823 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 2,448 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12959 vs 12504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1116.126 vs 705.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799 vs 3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.114 vs 13.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.239 vs 78.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683 vs 3679

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3835

3341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

415

394

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12504

12959

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.934

30.921

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

705.616

1116.126

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.631

3.799

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.832

49.114

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

78.867

107.239

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4868

4118

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3679

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3330

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4868

4118

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3679

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3330

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark	3835	3341
PassMark - G2D Mark	415	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	12504	12959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.934	30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	705.616	1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.631	3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	13.832	49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	78.867	107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4868	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3679	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4868	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3679	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1466	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF110
Launch date	11 May 2013	24 March 2011
Place in performance rating	771	773
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$184
Value for money (0-100)		30.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	797 MHz
Core clock speed	823 MHz	1215 MHz
CUDA cores	1536	1024
Floating-point performance	2,448 gflops	2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	1024
Texture fill rate	102.0 GTexel / s	77.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	365 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,000 million
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 8-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	12 API	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1707 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA
3D Vision
DSR
SLI
Surround