GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 7590M

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameThames XTAD104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 January 2012 (12 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4807424
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors716 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate14.40313.2
Floating-point performance0.576 gflopsno 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed3200 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2012 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 60 Watt

HD 7590M has 233.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7590M and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon HD 7590M
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