NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 244 Watt
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 244 Watt
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

2.4x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 650 MHz

Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark		4579
PassMark - G2D Mark		477
Geekbench - OpenCL		14950
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 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GF114	GF110
Launch date	15 November 2010	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1544 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Floating-point performance		1,581.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Pipelines		512
Texture fill rate		49.4 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround