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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6990

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo AMD Radeon HD 6990 logo
General information GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6990
Launched Q1 2011 Q1 2011
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 26.9 % 830 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3456 MHz 0 % 1250 MHz 63.8 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 365 W 2.7 % 375 W 0 %
Length 292 mm 7.9 % 317 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 1 0 % 1 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6990
Overall Score 29379 0 % 27900 5 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 11 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8632 0 % 7784 9.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 396.4 37.5 % 634.4 0 %
Average DirectX performance 34.3 FPS 14.4 % 40.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 73.3 FPS 39.2 % 120.6 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.1 FPS 4.5 % 18.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 44.8 FPS 0 % 20.8 FPS 53.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1163.2 operations/s 0 % 1152.4 operations/s 0.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 590, Radeon HD 6990.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6990
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.7 FPS 54.7 FPS
High settings 105.7 FPS 98.4 FPS
Medium settings 126.9 FPS 118.1 FPS
Low settings 177.6 FPS 165.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.9 %

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 6990.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6990
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.2 FPS 45.5 FPS
High settings 86.7 FPS 81.9 FPS
Medium settings 104.0 FPS 98.2 FPS
Low settings 145.7 FPS 137.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %
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