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).
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 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1155 | 1158 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |