AMD Radeon HD 8850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8850M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 349
• Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8067 vs 6389
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.018 vs 1.83
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.637 vs 29.702
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.378 vs 67.215

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

• Around 8% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 575 MHz
• Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
• Around 19% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 973
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.415 vs 19.641
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 690.98 vs 435.842
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 2286
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 2795
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 2286
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 2795

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8850M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	973 2074
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	502 349
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8067 6389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.641 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	435.842 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.018 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.637 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.378 67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2286 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2795 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3323 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2286 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2795 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3323 3318

Compare specifications (specs)