AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Polaris 30 | GK110B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 30 XT (215-0922006) | GK110-300-B1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Kepler |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 7,080 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 561 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 15th, 2018 | Sep 10th, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Polaris | GeForce 700 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 279 USD | 649 USD |
| Current price | Amazon / Newegg | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 36 in our database | 155 in our database |
| Predecessor | Arctic Islands | GeForce 600 |
| Successor | Vega | GeForce 900 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1469 MHz | 863 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1545 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | 2304 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 192 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 1536 KB |
| SMX count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 43.30 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 222.5 GTexel/s | 173.2 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 7.119 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 7.119 TFLOPS | 4.156 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 445.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 173.2 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 175 W | 250 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 600 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C944-41 | P2083 SKU 21 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | — | 38 mm 1.5 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.5 |
