NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 14.758
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 302.509
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 0.965
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 14.925
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.735 vs 27.656

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212 vs 14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386 vs 302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262 vs 0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391 vs 14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735 vs 27.656

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

2x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 772 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 244 Watt

Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 772 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42.212

14.758

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

914.386

302.509

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.262

0.965

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.391

14.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

99.735

27.656

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212	14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386	302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262	0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391	14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735	27.656
PassMark - G3D Mark		1317
PassMark - G2D Mark		306
Geekbench - OpenCL		4931
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF110	GF106
Launch date	6 June 2011	13 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$129
Place in performance rating	1145	1146
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	1566 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	192
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s	25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI