NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and ATI Radeon X550 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 Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 400 MHz
30.9x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 1.6 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
4x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 500 MHz
90.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4627 vs 51
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 490 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 1.6 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 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4627 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	490 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4627

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

490

266

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	4627	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	490	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	15160
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 Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GF110	RV370
Launch date	9 November 2010	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	640	641
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	400 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	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround