NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
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		145
PassMark - G3D Mark		38

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF110	C73
Launch date	6 June 2011	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1122	1125
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5