NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 31.2 billion / sec
• Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
• Around 27% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 748.8 gflops
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 2011
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.415 vs 18.62
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 690.98 vs 635.018
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 1.755
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 29.702 vs 24.476
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 67.215 vs 48.203
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 3491
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 3108
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 3491
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

• 2.1x more core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 620 MHz
• Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 349
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6607 vs 6389
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3044 vs 2664
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3044 vs 2664

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2074 2011
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	349 368
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6389 6607
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	24.415 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	690.98 635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.83 1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	29.702 24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	67.215 48.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2664 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3626 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3318 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2664 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3626 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3318 3108

Compare specifications (specs)