NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon E6760

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon E6760 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 3.4x more texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 512 vs 480
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 3200 MHz
  • 13.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 3.112
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 293.065
  • 11.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 0.445
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 13.002
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.735 vs 52.148
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 June 2011 vs 2 May 2011
Core clock speed 772 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 480
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 vs 3.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 vs 293.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 vs 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 vs 13.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.735 vs 52.148

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E6760

  • 5.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 244 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E6760

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.212
3.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
914.386
293.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.262
0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.391
13.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.735
52.148
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 AMD Radeon E6760
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 3.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 293.065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 13.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.735 52.148
PassMark - G3D Mark 877
PassMark - G2D Mark 485
Geekbench - OpenCL 9761
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 820
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 820
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3528

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 AMD Radeon E6760

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF110 Turks
Launch date 6 June 2011 2 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $239.99
Place in performance rating 1122 1123
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $239.99
Value for money (0-100) 5.07

Technical info

Core clock speed 772 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 480
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5