NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

344
Place in performance rating
292
20.75
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GF110
Code name
Polaris 21
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 March 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
11 April 2018 (3 years ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$600 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$943
1.68
Value for money
5.33
GF110
GPU code name
Polaris 21
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
1024
607 MHz
Core clock speed
1175 MHz
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Boost Clock
1275 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
365 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
77.7 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
81.60
2x 1,244.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,611 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1024
CUDA cores
no data
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
no data
Boost clock speed
1275 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
365 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Length
170 mm
Two 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1707 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
327.7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X, the size and number of monitors.

Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 and AMD Radeon RX 560X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 or AMD Radeon RX 560X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 560X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Cheaper ($600 (0.9x MSRP) vs $943)

More maximum RAM amount (3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (327.7 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 560X

0.84% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 365 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 or AMD Radeon RX 560X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 560X .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 versus AMD Radeon RX 560X performance benchmarks comparison

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