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 15023
| 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 15023 |
| 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 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 247
- 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4605 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 | 474 vs 247 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4605 vs 814 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M280X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 41708 | 15023 |
| 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 | 474 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 814 | 4605 |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 656 | 657 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
| Price now | $289.88 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 19.21 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_0) |
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| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| FreeSync | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
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| ZeroCore | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
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