Playstation 5 GPU vs GeForce GTX 590

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking495not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.78no data
Power efficiency1.65no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF110Oberon Plus
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 March 2011 (13 years ago)28 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $499

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 cores10242304
Core clock speed607 MHz2233 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2233 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt180 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.91321.6
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS10.29 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs64144

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 x16IGP
Length279 mm390 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)16 GB
Memory bus width768-bit (384-bit per GPU)256 Bit
Memory clock speed1707 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth327.7 GB/s448.0 GB/s
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 outputs
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)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2011 28 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 180 Watt

Playstation 5 GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 102.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 590 and Playstation 5 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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