NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 77.7 billion / sec
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 2x 1,244.2 gflops
  • 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
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3818 vs 3341
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15023 vs 12811
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.42 vs 30.921
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.915 vs 3.799
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4501 vs 4118
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3330
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4501 vs 4118
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3330
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 24 March 2011
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 77.7 billion / sec
Pipelines 1536 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops vs 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt vs 365 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3818 vs 3341
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 vs 12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.42 vs 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.915 vs 3.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3330

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 333
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 776.776
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.114 vs 36.688
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.239 vs 82.511
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 954 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 394 vs 333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1116.126 vs 776.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.114 vs 36.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.239 vs 82.511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3818
3341
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
333
394
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15023
12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.42
30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
776.776
1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.915
3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.688
49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.511
107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3330
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark 3818 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark 333 394
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.42 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 776.776 1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.915 3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.688 49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi 2.0
Code name GK104 GF110
Launch date 12 March 2014 24 March 2011
Place in performance rating 786 789
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $184
Value for money (0-100) 30.41

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 1215 MHz
CUDA cores 1536 1024
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 1024
Texture fill rate 127.1 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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None Two 8-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 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 type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
3D Vision
DSR
Surround