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NVIDIA · Fermi (derived from codename prefix) · 2011

GeForce GTX 590

Memory1,536 MB93 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power365 W2 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
Shaders51298 of 158 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$6998 of 92 in GeForce GTX

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

520 mm² die · 512 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 4 shaders.520 mm² die · 512 shadersEach dot = 4 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
1,536 MB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
384 bit
Bandwidth
164 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
512
SM count
16
TMUs
64
ROPs
48
FP32
1,244.16 GFLOPS
FP64
155.52 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
29.18 GP/s
Texture fill rate
38.91 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
608 MHz

Board

TDP
365 W
Bus interface
2.0 x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
699 USD

Physical

Architecture
Fermi (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GF110-351-A1
Transistors
3 billion
Die size
520 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
March 24, 2011

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, boost clock and memory clock.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 590 ranks 83rd of 121 for FP32 throughput and 93rd of 143 for memory capacity. Its 365 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16