NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 590 sales 24 March 2011 at a recommended price of $699. This is Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.71 GHz are supplied, and together with 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 327.7 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm). Two 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 365 Watt.

General info

Of GeForce GTX 590's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	365
Value for money	1.53
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF110
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	24 March 2011 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Price now	$600 (0.9x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 590's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 590's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	of 18432 (AD102)
CUDA cores	1024
Core clock speed	607 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3,000 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	365 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion/sec	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTX 590's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 590: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 590. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 590, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 590. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 590. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

107 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 590 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	47
Full HD	109
1200p	112

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 590 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

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