GeForce GTX 770 Vs 590 [in 3 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	401	557
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.83	0.69
Power efficiency	4.76	1.68
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 May 2013 (12 years ago)	24 March 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 770 has 455% better value for money than GTX 590.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	1024 ×2
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	607 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	97 °C
Texture fill rate	138.9	38.91 ×2
Floating-point processing power	3.333 TFLOPS	1.244 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	32	48 ×2
TMUs	128	64 ×2
L1 Cache	128 KB	1 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	768 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	768-bit (384-bit per GPU) ×2
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	1707 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.3 GB/s	327.7 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	+