AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 244 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 482

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	896 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 244 Watt
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 482

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4612 vs 3048
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 971
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 971
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1980
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4612 vs 3048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1980

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

482

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

4612

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	482
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	4612
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	971	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	971	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL		15097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5953
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Bonaire	GF110
Launch date	21 December 2013	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	659	660
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	512
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround