NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI FireMV 2200 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 FireMV 2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 324 MHz
38.1x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 392 MHz
128x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4609 vs 36
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4609 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	474 vs 259

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

16.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4609

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

259

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G3D Mark	4609	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	474	259
Geekbench - OpenCL	15038
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 FireMV 2200
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GF110	RV370
Launch date	9 November 2010	1 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	657	659
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	324 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
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)	170 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	392 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround