NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
4.4x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 350 MHz
35.3x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 550 MHz
135.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4605 vs 34
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 November 2010 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate) vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4605 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	474 vs 258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4605

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	4605	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	474	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	15023
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	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GF110	NV35
Launch date	9 November 2010	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	657	660
Price now	$289.88
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1544 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	512
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion / sec	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	135 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)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.2	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround