NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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 X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 479 MHz
25.8x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 1.916 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 512 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 784 MHz
96.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4622 vs 48
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 486 vs 263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4622 vs 48
PassMark - G2D Mark	486 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4622

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

486

263

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	4622	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	486	263
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 X2300
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF110	M64
Launch date	9 November 2010	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	647	649
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	479 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	4
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		480 MHz
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	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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	784 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		no
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround