NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 580 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 November 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF110.

Core clock speed - 1544 MHz. Texture fill rate - 49.4 billion / sec. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 1,581.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 3,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 244 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2004 MHz (4008 data rate). Memory bandwidth - 192.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38572
4614
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
477
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
15038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
40.048 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
872.651 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.338 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
32.378 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
132.363 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5953 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5953.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3717.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3357.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
809
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4614
PassMark - G2D Mark 477
Geekbench - OpenCL 15038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 40.048 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 872.651 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.338 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 32.378 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 132.363 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5953 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5953.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3717.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 809

Games performance

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768142.00
Medium, 1366x768108.00
High, 1366x76889.00
Ultra, 1920x108045.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768258.00
High, 1366x768205.00
Ultra, 1920x108092.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108083.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x90057.00
Ultra, 1920x108033.50

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

Ultra, 1920x120078.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

High, 1280x102463.95

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x768138.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Ultra, 1920x1080110.00

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

High, 1280x1024220.00

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108083.40

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108054.10

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x768132.00
Ultra, 1920x108093.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768265.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x1024134.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768365.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768890.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF110
Launch date 9 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 657
Price now $289.88
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.21

Technical info

Core clock speed 1544 MHz
CUDA cores 512
Floating-point performance 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin and One 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround