NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850
            NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
            
                $699
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon HD 6850
            
                $179
            
        
    | 2x 512 Shaders 4GB (2x 2GB) GDDR5 607MHz | 960 Shaders 1GB GDDR5 775MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 2.49 TOPS INT32 | Peak AI Performance 1.49 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| FP32 2.49 TFLOPS | FP32 1.49 TFLOPS | 
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| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 365W | TDP 127W | 
| Power Connectors - 2x 8-Pin - - | Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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                                            2.49 TOPS
                                         
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            29.136 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            24.8 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            38.848 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            37.2 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerNVIDIA | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerNVIDIA | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureFermi | ArchitectureTeraScale 2 | 
| FamilyGeForce 500 | FamilyRadeon HD 6000 | 
| Codename NVC8 GF110 Variant GF110-351-A1 | Codename Barts RV940 Variant Barts Pro | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 3/24/2011 | Release Date 10/22/2010 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 40nm - | Fabrication Node 40nm - | 
| Die Size 2x 585 mm² - | Die Size 255 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 2x 3 Billion - | Transistor Count 1.7 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 5.13M/mm² - | Transistor Density 6.67M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 2x 512 Shaders - | Shading Units 960 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 2x 64 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 48 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 2x 48 ROPs | Render Output Units 32 ROPs | 
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| - - | - - | 
| Streaming Multiprocessors 2x 16 SMs | - - | 
| - - | Compute Units 12 CUs | 
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| - - | - - | 
| - 1215MHz Shader - 607MHz | - - - 775MHz | 
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| L1 - 64KB/SM - - | L1 - - 8KB/CU - | 
| L2 768KB Shared | L2 512KB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 4GB (2x 2GB) GDDR5 - | 1GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 384Bit | Bus Width 256Bit | 
| Clock 854MHz Transfer Rate 3.4GT/s Bandwidth 163.9GB/s | Clock 1000MHz Transfer Rate 4GT/s Bandwidth 128GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 365W | TDP 127W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - 3x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - 2x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.3 - - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 2560x1600 | Max Resolution 2560x1600 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 4 | Multi Monitor Support 2 | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Encoders - | No Encoders - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| No Decoders | Model UVD 3.0 | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_0 | Direct X 11 Direct 3D 11_0 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 1.1 - - | OpenGL 4.5 OpenCL 1.2 - - | 
| Shader Model 5.1 CUDA 2.0 - - PureVideo HD VP4 VDPAU Feature Set C | Shader Model 5.0 - - GFX 4 - - - - | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - - 2x 8-Pin - - - | Power Connectors - - 1x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 2.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 2.1 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way SLI | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way CrossFireX | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 279 mm (10.98 in) Depth 40 mm (1.57 in) | Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 247 mm (9.72 in) Depth 36 mm (1.42 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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