FirePro S10000 Passive vs GeForce GTX 590

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking496not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.78no data
Power efficiency1.65no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 March 2011 (13 years ago)12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $3,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10243584
Core clock speed607 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt750 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.91106.4
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS3.405 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs64112

Form factor & compatibility

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

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm305 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)6 GB
Memory bus width768-bit (384-bit per GPU)384 Bit
Memory clock speed1707 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth327.7 GB/s480 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsThree Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Dual-link DVI support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2011 12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 750 Watt

GTX 590 has 105.5% lower power consumption.

S10000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 590 and FirePro S10000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 590 is a desktop card while FirePro S10000 Passive is a workstation one.


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