AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 R7 M265DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 772 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 6 June 2011
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 772 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678
PassMark - G2D Mark	138
PassMark - G3D Mark	499
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 R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Jet	GF110
Launch date	7 January 2014	6 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1143	1145
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	772 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,000 million
Floating-point performance		1,581 gflops
Pipelines		512
Texture fill rate		49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		244 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	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