GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs GTX 590

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking497not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.78no data
Power efficiency1.63no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF110TU116
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 March 2011 (13 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1024no data
Core clock speed607 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1335 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.91no data
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs64no data

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)no data
Memory bus width768-bit (384-bit per GPU)no data
Memory clock speed1707 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth327.7 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsThree Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm

GTX 1660 Max-Q has a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 590 and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 590 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
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