NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 250 MHz
49.4x more texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GF110	NV34 A2
Launch date	6 June 2011	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1116	1119
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR