NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 75 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 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3400 vs 3341
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 30.921
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 49.114
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 107.239
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3683
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3330
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 4118
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3683
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3330

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 24 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 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	3400 vs 3341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294 vs 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794 vs 49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513 vs 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3330

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 247
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12959 vs 10722
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1116.126 vs 795.325
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.799 vs 3.692

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 247
Geekbench - OpenCL	12959 vs 10722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1116.126 vs 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799 vs 3.692

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3400

3341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

394

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10722

12959

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.294

30.921

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

795.325

1116.126

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.692

3.799

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.794

49.114

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

174.513

107.239

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

4118

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3330

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

4118

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3330

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark	3400	3341
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	10722	12959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294	30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325	1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692	3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794	49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513	107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1230	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM107	GF110
Launch date	13 March 2015	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	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	1215 MHz
CUDA cores	640	1024
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	1024
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	77.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	365 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,000 million
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1707 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision
Surround