NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
$699
AMD Radeon HD 6850
$179
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2x 512 Shaders
4GB (2x 2GB) GDDR5
607MHz
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960 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
775MHz
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Peak AI Performance
2.49 TOPS
INT32
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Peak AI Performance
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
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FP32
2.49 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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TDP
365W
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TDP
127W
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Power Connectors
-
2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Peak AI Performance
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GeForce GTX 590 - 2.49 TOPS INT32
x1.67
Radeon HD 6850 - 1.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1
FP32
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GeForce GTX 590 - 2.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1.67
Radeon HD 6850 - 1.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1
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GeForce GTX 590 - 163.9GB/s
x1.28
Radeon HD 6850 - 128GB/s
x1
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GeForce GTX 590 - 365W
x2.87
Radeon HD 6850 - 127W
x1
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Architecture
Fermi
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Architecture
TeraScale 2
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Family
GeForce 500
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Family
Radeon HD 6000
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Codename
NVC8
GF110
Variant
GF110-351-A1
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Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts Pro
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
3/24/2011
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Release Date
10/22/2010
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
2x 585 mm²
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Die Size
255 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 3 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
5.13M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
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Form
PCIe Card
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Shading Units
2x 512 Shaders
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Shading Units
960 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 64 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
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Render Output Units
2x 48 ROPs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 16 SMs
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Compute Units
12 CUs
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1215MHz Shader
607MHz
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775MHz
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Peak AI Performance
2.49 TOPS
INT32
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Peak AI Performance
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
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FP32
2.49 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
310 GFLOPS
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INT32
2.49 TOPS
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-
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Pixel Fillrate
29.136 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
24.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
38.848 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
37.2 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
768KB Shared
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L2
512KB Shared
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4GB (2x 2GB)
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Clock
854MHz
Transfer Rate
3.4GT/s
Bandwidth
163.9GB/s
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Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
128GB/s
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TDP
365W
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TDP
127W
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3x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
4
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
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PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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-
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
279 mm (10.98 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
247 mm (9.72 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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