GeForce Go 6100 vs GTX 590

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking493not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.74no data
Power efficiency1.64no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF110C51MV
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 March 2011 (13 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

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 cores10243
Core clock speed607 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data425 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 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 x16no data
Length279 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5shared Memory
Maximum RAM amount3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)no data
Memory bus width768-bit (384-bit per GPU)no data
Memory clock speed1707 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth327.7 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 DisplayPortno data
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)shared Memory
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 590 3341
+19553%
Go 6100 17

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2011 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

GTX 590 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 590 and GeForce Go 6100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 590 is a desktop card while GeForce Go 6100 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
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