AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R5 M315

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 772 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 6 June 2011
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 772 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

2.1x more texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 23.28 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 745.0 gflops
4x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 23.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 745.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	474
PassMark - G2D Mark	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.735

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M315	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Meso	GF110
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	6 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1142	1145
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	772 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	512
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	49.41 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	3,000 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		244 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore