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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo AMD Radeon HD 6950 logo
General information GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6950
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 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 607 MHz 24.1 % 800 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3456 MHz 30.9 % 5000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 365 W 0 % 200 W 45.2 %
Length 292 mm 1.7 % 297 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 1 66.7 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6950
Overall Score 29368 0 % 25972 11.6 %
Future Proof 11 % 47.6 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8625 0 % 6745 21.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 396 9.9 % 439.6 0 %
Average DirectX performance 34 FPS 0 % 25.9 FPS 23.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 72.6 FPS 0 % 65.6 FPS 9.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 17.9 FPS 0.3 % 17.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 20 FPS 55.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1142.5 operations/s 0 % 964.7 operations/s 15.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 590, Radeon HD 6950.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 50.5 FPS
High settings 106.7 FPS 90.8 FPS
Medium settings 128.1 FPS 109.0 FPS
Low settings 179.3 FPS 152.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.9 %

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 6950.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 590 Radeon HD 6950
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.9 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 88.0 FPS 77.4 FPS
Medium settings 105.6 FPS 92.9 FPS
Low settings 147.8 FPS 130.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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