NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon HD 6770 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 34.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 1,360.0 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 9.69
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 615.217
  • 5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 1.004
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 26.748
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 June 2011 vs 21 January 2011
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s vs 34.0 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops vs 1,360.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 vs 9.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 vs 615.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 vs 1.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 vs 26.748

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770

  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 800 vs 512
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 244 Watt
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 115.157 vs 99.735
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 512
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt vs 244 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 115.157 vs 99.735

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6770

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.212
9.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
914.386
615.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.262
1.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.391
26.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.735
115.157
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 AMD Radeon HD 6770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 9.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 615.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 1.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 26.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.735 115.157
PassMark - G3D Mark 1248
PassMark - G2D Mark 312
Geekbench - OpenCL 3427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 AMD Radeon HD 6770

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF110 Juniper
Launch date 6 June 2011 21 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $129
Place in performance rating 1122 1124
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Price now $76.99
Value for money (0-100) 27.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 772 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 800
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s 34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 900 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.4 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire