NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 675 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
4.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 112
4.4x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 1 July 2009
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 112
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

2x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
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		134
PassMark - G3D Mark		556
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF110	G92B
Launch date	6 June 2011	1 July 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1158	1161
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	112
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3