AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 37.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 112.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 2.413 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 2940 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611 (+111%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
2183
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783 (+125%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
61.2 FPS (+97%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
31.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375 (+53%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+105%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+111%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+123%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+52%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+68%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+129%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 3 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+69%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+67%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+82%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+40%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+32%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+4%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+272%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+214%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+255%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+69%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+65%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+73%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games
47
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+90%
25
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
58
Wins
47
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
2
Wins
25
Avg FPS
20
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
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