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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo AMD Radeon HD 5970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 5970
Launched Q1 2011 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 2048 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 607 MHz 28.6 % 850 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3456 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 71.1 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 365 W 0 % 294 W 19.5 %
Length 292 mm 3.9 % 304 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 1 66.7 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 5970
Overall Score 29375 0 % 24378 17 %
Future Proof 11 % 47.6 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8629 0 % 5943 31.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 396.4 5.1 % 417.7 0 %
Average DirectX performance 34.1 FPS 0 % 23 FPS 32.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 72.3 FPS 0 % 60.7 FPS 16 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.2 FPS 0 % 14.1 FPS 22.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 45 FPS 0 % 17.2 FPS 61.9 %
DirectX 12 performance 1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1163.2 operations/s 60.8 % 2967.1 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 590, Radeon HD 5970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.4 FPS 46.4 FPS
High settings 106.9 FPS 83.5 FPS
Medium settings 128.3 FPS 100.2 FPS
Low settings 179.6 FPS 140.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 590, Radeon HD 5970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.4 FPS 39.7 FPS
High settings 87.1 FPS 71.5 FPS
Medium settings 104.5 FPS 85.8 FPS
Low settings 146.3 FPS 120.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %
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