NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 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 760M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 244 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB

Launch date	30 May 2013 vs 6 June 2011
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 244 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 657 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 42.05 GTexel / s
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 1,009 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 15.673
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 509.958
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 1.512
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 30.422
Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.735 vs 53.992

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 657 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 42.05 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 1,009 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212 vs 15.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386 vs 509.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262 vs 1.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391 vs 30.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735 vs 53.992

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.673

42.212

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

509.958

914.386

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.512

5.262

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.422

43.391

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

53.992

99.735

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1717
PassMark - G2D Mark	232
Geekbench - OpenCL	5567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.673	42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	509.958	914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.512	5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.422	43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	53.992	99.735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK106	GF110
Launch date	30 May 2013	6 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1120	1122
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	657 MHz
Core clock speed	657 MHz	772 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,009 gflops	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	512
Texture fill rate	42.05 GTexel / s	49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA