AMD Stream Processor vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R580 | GF114 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R580 XTX | N12E-GTX2-A1 |
| Architecture | R500 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 1,950 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 332 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | 2006 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FireStream | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 594 MHz | 620 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 648 MHz 1296 Mbps effective | 750 MHz 3 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1240 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 41.47 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 48 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Shading units | — | 384 |
| SM count | — | 8 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 512 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 9.504 GPixel/s | 9.920 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.188 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 9.504 GTexel/s | 39.68 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 952.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 79.36 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | — |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 165 W | 100 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | — | P1314 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 28th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 500M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Reviews | — | 1 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 400M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 600M |
