GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 590 |
| 50% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
| 190 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 590 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 590
The GeForce GTX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-351-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 854 MHz
3416 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 365 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Mar 2011 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)