GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 590, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 855 MHz on this card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 15262 (228%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 590 will be 0% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1080 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
	Difference: 640 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a lot (about 231%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 179424 (231%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be much (more or less 76%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 590, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44576 (76%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.