NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 June 2011. 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 - 772 MHz. Texture fill rate - 49.41 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 1,581 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 - 4008 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 192.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
42.212 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
914.386 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
5.262 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
43.391 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
99.735 mHash/s
Name Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 42.212 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 914.386 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 5.262 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 43.391 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 99.735 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF110
Launch date 6 June 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 1155
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 772 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

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