NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 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 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 580 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
4.3x better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 1500 MHz
12.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4609 vs 366
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4609 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	474 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 244 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 244 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4609

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

248

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	4609	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	474	248
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 Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	M88
Launch date	9 November 2010	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	657	658
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	580 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512	320
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	666 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
HDCP
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 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround