Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7950 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7950 is 313 days newer than GeForce GTX 590.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Performs up to 23% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than GeForce GTX 590 - 32 vs 26 FPS
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 200 vs 365 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 3 vs 2 GB
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 590
Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 590
Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
19.46 GPixel/s
76.015625%
Texel Fillrate
38.91 GTexel/s
43.426339285714285%
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 31st, 2012 |
| GeForce 500 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $699 | MSRP | $449 |
| 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.5 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 164 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 854 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
