NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM

3.8x more texture fill rate: 24.29 GTexel / s vs 6.37 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 384 vs 120
4.4x better floating-point performance: 847.9 gflops vs 191.04 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3208 MHz vs 1386 MHz

Texture fill rate	24.29 GTexel / s vs 6.37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 120
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops vs 191.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3208 MHz vs 1386 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4580

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 552 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	796 MHz vs 552 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4580
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	RV635
Launch date	29 November 2011	20 November 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	552 MHz	796 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops	191.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	120
Texture fill rate	24.29 GTexel / s	6.37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	190 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	22.18 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3208 MHz	1386 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3