GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 370X

GeForce GTX 590
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Mar 2011
GeForce GTX 590
Radeon R9 370X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Aug 2015
Radeon R9 370X

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 590

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 370X

185 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.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 370X

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 370X

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 370X
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-351-A1)vsTrinidad (Trinidad XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1280
Compute Units16vs24
Core clock608 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 370X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bit x2vs256 bit
Memory Speed854 MHz
3416 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 370X
TDP365 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date24 Mar 2011vs27 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 590
    39.00 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    33.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 590
    77.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    82.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 590
    328.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 590
    2488.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 370X
    2636.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better