Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 vs GeForce GTX 590

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	460	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.47	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GF110	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 March 2011 (13 years ago)	31 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$600 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	768
CUDA cores	1024	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	365 Watt	85 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion/sec	38.40
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops	1,229 gflops

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 support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)	3 GB
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB/s	240.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	24 March 2011	31 January 2012
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	365 Watt	85 Watt

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