NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 450 MHz
27.4x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 512 vs 40
43.9x better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 800 MHz
47.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4622 vs 98
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 486 vs 260

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 25 July 2008
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4622 vs 98
PassMark - G2D Mark	486 vs 260

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

20.3x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4622

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

486

260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
PassMark - G3D Mark	4622	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	486	260
Geekbench - OpenCL	15124
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 Mobility Radeon HD 3430
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	M82
Launch date	9 November 2010	25 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	647	648
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops	36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512	40
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
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	MXM-II
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround