NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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

ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 1000 MHz
154.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4630 vs 30
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 490 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 27 October 2005
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4630 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark	490 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4630

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

490

283

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	4630	30
PassMark - G2D Mark	490	283
Geekbench - OpenCL	15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	809

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF110	R520
Launch date	9 November 2010	27 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$429
Place in performance rating	620	623
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround