GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 590, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 855 MHz on this particular card. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 2293 (52%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 146 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 590 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 176320 (116%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 should be a lot (more or less 77%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33776 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28992 (99%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.