Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX 760
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 590
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 24 Mar 2011
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 760
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Jun 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 590113%
- GeForce GTX 760100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 590117%
- GeForce GTX 760100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 590
- 17% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 760
- 195 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 590 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 590
The GeForce GTX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 760 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-351-A1) | GK104 (GK104-225-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 512 | 1152 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 6 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 96 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 760 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 854 MHz
3416 MHz effective | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 760 |
|---|
| TDP | 365 watts | 170 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Mar 2011 | 25 Jun 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 59039.00 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 76023.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 59077.80 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 76094.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 590328.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 760192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5902488.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 7602258.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5909740
- GeForce GTX 7608600
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 59047
- GeForce GTX 76039
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 59062
- GeForce GTX 76054
FPS (higher is better)