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GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX 980

GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX 980: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms GeForce GTX 590 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 1275 days newer than GeForce GTX 590.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

  • Performs up to 56% better in Assassin's Creed Valhalla than GeForce GTX 590 - 56 vs 36 FPS
  • Consumes up to 55% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 165 vs 365 Watts
  • Up to 167% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 4 vs 2 GB
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Logo
GeForce GTX 590

Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011


FPS

36

64%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

56

100%

Value, €/FPS

€14.25/FPS

100%

Price, €

€798

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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In Stock

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Logo
GeForce GTX 590

Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Logo
GeForce GTX 590

Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

19.46 GPixel/s

25%

Texel Fillrate

38.91 GTexel/s

25%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Logo

GeForce GTX 590

vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

Mar 24th, 2011Release Date
Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce 500GenerationGeForce 900
$699MSRP
$549
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1.5 GBMemory
4 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
384-bitBus256-bit
164 GB/sBandwidth
224.4 GB/s
608 MHzBase Clock Speed
1127 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1216 MHz
854 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1753 MHz

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