Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7850 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 7850 is 347 days newer than GeForce GTX 590.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Performs up to 17% better in Control than GeForce GTX 590 - 27 vs 23 FPS
- Consumes up to 64% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 130 vs 365 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 - 2 vs 1.5 GB
Control
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Mar 24th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
19.46 GPixel/s
70%
Texel Fillrate
38.91 GTexel/s
70%
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
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Mar 24th, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 5th, 2012 |
GeForce 500 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$699 | MSRP | $249 |
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1.5 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
164 GB/s | Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s |
608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 860 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
854 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1200 MHz |