AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 41708 vs 15038
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 February 2015 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 896 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 vs 15038
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 247
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4616 vs 814
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1544 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3713
PassMark - G2D Mark 478 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 4616 vs 814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
41708
15038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
478
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
814
4616
Name AMD Radeon R9 M280X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 15038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 478
PassMark - G3D Mark 814 4616
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 M280X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Saturn GF110
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 5 February 2015 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 1000 MHz 1544 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 896 512
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s 49.4 billion / sec
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,000 million
CUDA cores 512
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 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

Bus support Not Listed PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin and One 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.2

Memory

Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 192.4 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround