NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is a graphics card released on March 24, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 608 MHz and a 365 W board power rating. It scores 3,341 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Depth: 33 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 scores 3,341 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #712), measured across 419 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 394.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 averages DirectX 9 73 fps, DirectX 10 18 fps, DirectX 11 45 fps, DirectX 12 1 fps and GPU Compute 1,154 ops/s, across 419 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 607 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2011-03-25. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the 2x GF110-351-A1 graphics processor.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 runs at a base clock of 608 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 has a board power rating of 365 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 was released on March 24, 2011 and launched at a price of $699.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 have?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 has a board power rating of 365 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 scores 3,341 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #712. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 1 fps.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 use?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 was released on March 24, 2011 and launched at a price of $699.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF110 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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