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    GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon R9 M290X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 590 stacks up against Radeon R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R9 M290X is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R9 M290X is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 4 GB
    Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 590 has 265% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 590 has 3068 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M290X - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 365 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 507 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 35−40 30−35
    medium / 1080p 21−24 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name GF110 Neptune
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 24 March 2011 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 1024 1280
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
    Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
    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 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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