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    GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 380X

    In this comparison between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon R9 380X you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce GTX 590 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 380X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R9 380X
    Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 4 GB
    Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 590 has 92% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 380X.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 590 has 3068 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380X.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R9 380X is 210 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 590.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 737 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 35−40 60−65
    medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 590.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R9 380X
    Architecture Fermi GCN 3.0
    Code name GF110 Antigua
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 24 March 2011 19 November 2015
    Pipelines 1024 2048
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz
    Boost Clock 970 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 124.2
    Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 3,973 gflops
    Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) 221 mm
    Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.3
    OpenGL 4.2 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI + +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
    Compute units 32
    Form factor full height / full length
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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