GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon HD 6790

GeForce GTX 590
Radeon HD 6790
2x 512 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
607MHz
800 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
840MHz
FP32
2.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.34 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
365W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Fermi
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
GeForce 500
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
NVC8
GF110
Variant
GF110-351-A1
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts LE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/24/2011
Release Date
4/4/2011
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
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 512 Shaders
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Shading Units
800 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 48 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 16 SMs
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Compute Units
10 CUs
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1215MHz Shader
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607MHz
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840MHz
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FP32
2.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.34 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.21 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
29.136 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
13.44 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
38.848 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
33.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
768KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
854MHz
Transfer Rate
3.4GT/s
Bandwidth
163.9GB/s
Clock
1050MHz
Transfer Rate
4.2GT/s
Bandwidth
134.4GB/s
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TDP
365W
TDP
150W
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3x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 3.0
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
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
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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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
198 mm (7.8 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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