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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

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The Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 is a high-end desktop graphics card that was announced early 2011. It is based on two GF110 chips (Fermi architecture) in SLI on a single board. Compared to two GTX 580 in SLI, the GTX 590 offers reduced clock rates and therefore is a bit slower.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

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Die NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 ist eine High-End Desktop Grafikkarte welche Ende 2010 vorgestellt wurde. Sie basiert auf den GF110 Fermi Chip im Vollausbau. Das heisst die 580 bietet 512 Shader, 64 Textureinheiten und 16 Polymorph Engines. As Besonderheit der Fermi Architektur werden die Shader doppelt so schnell getaktet wie der Rest des Chips (z.B. die Textureinheiten).

Die Leistung der GTX 580 liegt deutlich über der mobilen GeForce GTX 580M (welche eigentlich eine geringer getaktete GTX 560 Ti ist). Im Vergleich zur Konkurrenz liegt die GTX 580M etwa auf dem Niveau einer Radeon HD 7950. Die Nachfolgekarte der Kepler Generation namens GTX 680 kann sich mit etwa 30% Vorsprung deutlich absetzen.

Mit einem TDP von 244 Watt ist die GTX 580 eine der stromhungrigsten Grafikkarten und benötigt für den Betrieb ein starkes Netzteil.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590 1024 @ 0.61 GHz384 Bit @ 1707 MHz
GeForce GTX 580 512 @ 0.78 GHz384 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 570 480 @ 0.73 GHz320 Bit @ 1600 MHz
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 384 @ 0.82 GHz256 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 550 Ti 192 @ 0.9 GHz192 Bit @ 2050 MHz
GeForce GTX 590 1024 @ 0.61 GHz384 Bit @ 1707 MHz
GeForce GTX 580 512 @ 0.78 GHz384 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 570 480 @ 0.73 GHz320 Bit @ 1600 MHz
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 384 @ 0.82 GHz256 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 550 Ti 192 @ 0.9 GHz192 Bit @ 2050 MHz
GeForce GTX 590 1024 @ 0.61 GHz384 Bit @ 1707 MHz
GeForce GTX 580 512 @ 0.78 GHz384 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 570 480 @ 0.73 GHz320 Bit @ 1600 MHz
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 384 @ 0.82 GHz256 Bit @ 2004 MHz
GeForce GTX 550 Ti 192 @ 0.9 GHz192 Bit @ 2050 MHz
CodenameGF110GF116GF110
ArchitectureFermiFermiFermi
Pipelines1024 - unified192 - unified512 - unified
Core Speed607 MHz900 MHz775 MHz
Shader Speed1215 MHz1800 MHz1544 MHz
Memory Speed1707 MHz2050 MHz2004 MHz
Memory Bus Width384 Bit192 Bit384 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2x1536 MB1024 MB1536 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Power Consumption365 Watt170 Watt244 Watt
Transistors6 Billion1.2 Billion3 Billion
technology40 nm40 nm40 nm
Date of Announcement24.03.2011 15.03.2011 09.11.2010

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 7286     avg: 8058     median: 8057.5 (10%)     max: 8829 Points
2464 Points (3%)
min: 5529     avg: 6060     median: 6059.5 (7%)     max: 6590 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 9135     avg: 9167     median: 9166.5 (7%)     max: 9198 Points
2272 Points (2%)
min: 5824     avg: 6065     median: 6065 (5%)     max: 6306 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 20883     avg: 25720     median: 25719.5 (7%)     max: 30556 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
10229 Points (3%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
min: 18968     avg: 21941     median: 21940.5 (6%)     max: 24913 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 29323     avg: 31597     median: 31597 (17%)     max: 33871 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
9923 Points (5%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
min: 23179     avg: 24203     median: 24202.5 (13%)     max: 25226 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 40985     avg: 50851     median: 50850.5 (53%)     max: 60716 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 85090     avg: 93657     median: 97485 (51%)     max: 98395 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 24294     avg: 29589     median: 32184 (35%)     max: 32290 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
3DMark 06
25150 Points (33%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
15553 Points (20%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
min: 18093     avg: 22781     median: 24765 (32%)     max: 25484 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
136 fps (26%)
31.9 fps (6%)
min: 90.9     avg: 100.1     median: 100.1 (19%)     max: 109.3 fps
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
5.7 fps (3%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
40.9 fps (23%)
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
15.1 fps (11%)
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
13.5 fps (16%)
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
1.5 fps (1%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
9.4 fps (10%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
1 fps (0%)
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
3.2 fps (2%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
6829 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
36 fps (12%)
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
55 fps (18%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti → 35% n=6

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 → 79% n=6

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3

2011
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
123  fps
115%
GeForce GTX 580:
142  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
110  fps
98%
GeForce GTX 580:
108  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
98  fps
91%
GeForce GTX 580:
89  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
57  fps
79%
GeForce GTX 580:
45  fps
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
575  fps
95%
GeForce GTX 580:
547 547 ~ 547 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
387  fps
112%
GeForce GTX 580:
435  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
320  fps
119%
GeForce GTX 580:
380  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
250  fps
122%
GeForce GTX 580:
306  fps
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
126  fps
112%
GeForce GTX 580:
141  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
71  fps
149%
GeForce GTX 580:
106  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
89  fps
103%
GeForce GTX 580:
92  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
84  fps
100%
GeForce GTX 580:
84  fps
Deus Ex Human Revolution

Deus Ex Human Revolution

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
258  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 580:
205  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
130  fps
71%
GeForce GTX 580:
92  fps
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
GeForce GTX 580:
205  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
150  fps
high 1360x768
GeForce GTX 580:
148.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
109  fps
74%
GeForce GTX 580:
80.2  fps
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
48  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 580:
48  fps
high 1600x900
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
47  fps
102%
GeForce GTX 580:
48  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
16  fps
125%
GeForce GTX 580:
20  fps
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
GeForce GTX 580:
106  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
105  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
72  fps
GeForce GTX 580:
107  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
101 101 ~ 101 fps
26%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
26  fps
67%
GeForce GTX 580:
68  fps
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
328  fps
med. 1280x720
GeForce GTX 580:
124.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
74.6  fps
68%
GeForce GTX 580:
50.4  fps
Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops

2010
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
86  fps
90%
GeForce GTX 580:
77  fps
Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
257  fps
103%
GeForce GTX 580:
265  fps
Civilization 5

Civilization 5

2010
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
90.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
82.1  fps
85%
GeForce GTX 580:
69.5  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
GeForce GTX 580:
159.3  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
159.4  fps
high 1360x768
GeForce GTX 580:
164  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
133.9  fps
44%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
59.2  fps
76%
GeForce GTX 580:
93 110.1 ~ 102 fps
StarCraft 2

StarCraft 2

2010
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
112  fps
41%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
46  fps
74%
GeForce GTX 580:
83  fps
Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2

2010
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
66.6  fps
86%
GeForce GTX 580:
57.3  fps
Metro 2033

Metro 2033

2010
high 1600x900
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
38  fps
GeForce GTX 580:
57  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
50  fps
26%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
13  fps
68%
GeForce GTX 580:
33 34 ~ 34 fps
Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

2010
low 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
137  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 580:
96  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 580:
86  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
83.4  fps
96%
GeForce GTX 580:
80  fps
Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

2010
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
144  fps
74%
GeForce GTX 580:
106  fps
Stalker: Call of Pripyat

Stalker: Call of Pripyat

2010
ultra 1920x1200
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
112  fps
70%
GeForce GTX 580:
78  fps
CoD Modern Warfare 2

CoD Modern Warfare 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 580:
121  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
127  fps
65%
GeForce GTX 580:
83  fps
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
GeForce GTX 580:
183.5  fps
high 1360x768
GeForce GTX 580:
140.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
134.5  fps
104%
GeForce GTX 580:
140.2  fps
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
100  fps
150%
GeForce GTX 580:
150  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
57  fps
GeForce GTX 580:
101.2  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
ultra 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
153  fps
69%
GeForce GTX 580:
105  fps
ArmA 2

ArmA 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
44  fps
98%
GeForce GTX 580:
43  fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
184  fps
84%
GeForce GTX 580:
155  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
179  fps
91%
GeForce GTX 580:
162  fps
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
high 1280x1024
GeForce GTX 580:
62.5 65.4 ~ 64 fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
high 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
138  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
150  fps
83%
GeForce GTX 580:
124.5  fps
Crysis Warhead

Crysis Warhead

2008
ultra 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
56  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
145  fps
76%
GeForce GTX 580:
110  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
176  fps
125%
GeForce GTX 580:
220  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
86  fps
97%
GeForce GTX 580:
83.4  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
66.6  fps
29%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti:
19.5  fps
81%
GeForce GTX 580:
54.1  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
71.9  fps
77%
GeForce GTX 580:
55.7  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
high 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
132  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
102  fps
91%
GeForce GTX 580:
93  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
265.6  fps
100%
GeForce GTX 580:
265  fps
Quake 4

Quake 4

2005
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
62  fps
100%
GeForce GTX 580:
62  fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
126  fps
106%
GeForce GTX 580:
134  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
GeForce GTX 580:
257  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
370  fps
99%
GeForce GTX 580:
365  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 590:
860  fps
103%
GeForce GTX 580:
890  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti → 33%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 43%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 → 94%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 83%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Battlefield 312311098571421088945
Fifa 12575387320250547435380306
F1 20111267189841411069284
Deus Ex Human Revolution13025820592
Dirt 3109205150148.380.2
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings471648484820
Crysis 2101722610610510768
Total War: Shogun 274.6328124.350.4
Call of Duty: Black Ops8677
Fifa 11257265
Civilization 582.190.969.5
Mafia 2133.959.2159.3159.4164102
StarCraft 21124683
Just Cause 266.657.3
Metro 20335038135734
Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising83.4137968680
Battlefield: Bad Company 2144106
Stalker: Call of Pripyat11278
Risen12783
Resident Evil 5134.5183.5140.1140.2
Need for Speed Shift100150
Anno 1404153105
ArmA 24443
Sims 3184155
F.E.A.R. 2179162
Far Cry 2150124.5
Trackmania Nations Forever145110
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare176220
Supreme Commander - FA Bench8683.4
Crysis - GPU Benchmark66.619.554.1
Crysis - CPU Benchmark71.955.7
World in Conflict - Benchmark10213293
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark265.6265
Quake 46262
World of Warcraft126134
Doom 3370365
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo860890
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
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