NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and ATI FireMV 2200 PCI 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

19.4x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 49.41 GTexel / s
16.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735
PassMark - G2D Mark		153
PassMark - G3D Mark		1

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GF110	RV280
Launch date	6 June 2011	1 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1116	1118
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR