NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

  • Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 13.598
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 404.618
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 1.227
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 25.333
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.735 vs 44.123
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 192
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 vs 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 vs 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 vs 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 vs 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.735 vs 44.123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 244 Watt
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 772 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.212
13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
914.386
404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.262
1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.391
25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.735
44.123
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.212 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 914.386 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.262 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.391 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.735 44.123
PassMark - G3D Mark 1268
PassMark - G2D Mark 264
Geekbench - OpenCL 4769
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF110 GF116
Launch date 6 June 2011 30 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 1157 1158
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 772 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,581 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 192
Texture fill rate 49.41 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus