NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and ATI Radeon X1950 GT 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
19.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 106
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 279
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 2517
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 2517

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2011 vs 29 January 2007
Core clock speed	620 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	349 vs 279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3318 vs 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318 vs 2517

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 57 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2074

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

349

279

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3318

2517

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3318

2517

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	349	279
Geekbench - OpenCL	6389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3318	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318	2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF114	RV570
Launch date	28 June 2011	29 January 2007
Place in performance rating	929	932
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$140
Technical info
Core clock speed	620 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	384
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	57 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI