GPU Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance
Performance Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
104%
104%
AMD Radeon HD 6990
96%
96%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is approximately 8% faster
Technical Specifications
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics ProcessorDifferent | GF110 x2 | Antilles x2 |
| CoresDifferent | 512 x2 | 1536 x2 |
| TMUsDifferent | 64 x2 | 96 x2 |
| ROPsDifferent | 48 x2 | 32 x2 |
| Memory SizeDifferent | 1536 MB x2 | 2 GB x2 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus WidthDifferent | 384 bit x2 | 256 bit x2 |
Graphics Processor
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU NameDifferent | GF110 | Antilles |
| GPU VariantDifferent | GF110-351-A1 | Antilles XT(215-0807027) |
| ArchitectureDifferent | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale 3 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| TransistorsDifferent | 3,000 million | 2,640 million |
| DensityDifferent | 5.8M / mm² | 6.8M / mm² |
| Die SizeDifferent | 520 mm² | 389 mm² |
| Chip PackageDifferent | BGA-1981 | N/A |
Graphics Card
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Release DateDifferent | Mar 24th, 2011 | Mar 8th, 2011 |
| GenerationDifferent | GeForce 500 | Northern Islands(HD 6900) |
| PredecessorDifferent | GeForce 400 | Evergreen |
| SuccessorDifferent | GeForce 600 | Southern Islands |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch Price | 699 USD | 699 USD |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| ReviewsDifferent | 36 in our database | 47 in our database |
Clock Speeds
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU ClockDifferent | 608 MHz | 830 MHz |
| Shader ClockDifferent | 1215 MHz | N/A |
| Memory ClockDifferent | 854 MHz3.4 Gbps effective | 1250 MHz5 Gbps effective |
Memory
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory SizeDifferent | 1536 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory BusDifferent | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| BandwidthDifferent | 164.0 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
Render Config
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading UnitsDifferent | 512 | 1536 |
| TMUsDifferent | 64 | 96 |
| ROPsDifferent | 48 | 32 |
| SM CountDifferent | 16 | N/A |
| L1 CacheDifferent | 64 KB (per SM) | 8 KB (per CU) |
| L2 CacheDifferent | 768 KB | 512 KB |
| Compute UnitsDifferent | N/A | 24 |
Theoretical Performance
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel RateDifferent | 19.46 GPixel/s | 26.56 GPixel/s |
| Texture RateDifferent | 38.91 GTexel/s | 79.68 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float)Different | 1,244.2 GFLOPS | 2.550 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double)Different | 155.5 GFLOPS (1:8) | 637.4 GFLOPS (1:4) |
Board Design
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| LengthDifferent | 279 mm11 inches | 310 mm12.2 inches |
| HeightDifferent | 111 mm4.4 inches | 115 mm4.5 inches |
| Width | 40 mm1.6 inches | 40 mm1.6 inches |
| TDPDifferent | 365 W | 375 W |
| Suggested PSU | 750 W | 750 W |
| OutputsDifferent | 3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Board NumberDifferent | P1020 SKU 5 | 109-C20647-00 |
Graphics Features
| Feature | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
|---|---|---|
| DirectXDifferent | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenGLDifferent | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCLDifferent | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDADifferent | 2.0 | N/A |
| Shader ModelDifferent | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Comparison Summary
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