NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 19.7 billion / sec
Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
Around 55% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 1953
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 732
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 1112
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 732
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 1112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec vs 19.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 288
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074 vs 1953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3318 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318 vs 1112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 620 MHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 349

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 620 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2074

1953

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

349

413

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3626

732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3318

1112

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3626

732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3318

1112

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074	1953
PassMark - G2D Mark	349	413
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	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3318	1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318	1112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF114	GF104
Launch date	28 June 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	906	907
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1100 MHz
CUDA cores	384
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	288
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec	19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
SLI options	2-way	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	12 API
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI