NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
6.6x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 240 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
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 - G3D Mark		462
PassMark - G2D Mark		175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF110	G92
Launch date	6 June 2011	1 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1155	1146
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	96
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI