Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.05
Power efficiencyno data9.55
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110BPolaris 30
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data15 November 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$279

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 cores28802304
Core clock speed875 MHz1469 MHz
Boost clock speed928 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate222.7222.5
Floating-point processing powerno data7.119 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs240144

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.6 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Supported technologies

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1751.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 175 Watt

RX 590 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 Ti 6 GB and Radeon RX 590. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 6 GB
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