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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

88%
88%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

113%
113%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is approximately 25% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Graphics Processor
GF110
GF110
CoresDifferent
480
512
TMUsDifferent
60
64
ROPsDifferent
40
48
Memory SizeDifferent
1280 MB
1536 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
320 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU Name
GF110
GF110
GPU VariantDifferent
GF110-275-A1
GF110-375-A1
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
Fermi 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
40 nm
Transistors
3,000 million
3,000 million
Density
5.8M / mm²
5.8M / mm²
Die Size
520 mm²
520 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1981
BGA-1981

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Release DateDifferent
Dec 7th, 2010
Nov 9th, 2010
Generation
GeForce 500
GeForce 500
Predecessor
GeForce 400
GeForce 400
Successor
GeForce 600
GeForce 600
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
349 USD
499 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
76 in our database
136 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GPU ClockDifferent
732 MHz
772 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1464 MHz
1544 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
950 MHz3.8 Gbps effective
1002 MHz4 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Memory SizeDifferent
1280 MB
1536 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
320 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
152.0 GB/s
192.4 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Shading UnitsDifferent
480
512
TMUsDifferent
60
64
ROPsDifferent
40
48
SM CountDifferent
15
16
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SM)
64 KB (per SM)
L2 CacheDifferent
640 KB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Pixel RateDifferent
21.96 GPixel/s
24.70 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
43.92 GTexel/s
49.41 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1,405.4 GFLOPS
1.581 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
175.7 GFLOPS (1:8)
197.6 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm10.5 inches
267 mm10.5 inches
TDPDifferent
219 W
244 W
Suggested PSU
550 W
550 W
Outputs
2x DVI1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
2x DVI1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P1261 SKU 5
P1261 SKU 2
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
2.0
2.0
Shader Model
5.1
5.1

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