GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 580
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB |
169 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
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GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | vs | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 520 mm² |
Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 3,000 million |
Shaders | 768 | vs | 512 |
Compute Units | 6 | vs | 16 |
Core clock | 1392 MHz | vs | 772 MHz |
ROPs | 24 | vs | 48 |
TMUs | 48 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 96 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
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TDP | 75 watts | vs | 244 watts |
Release Date | 21 May 2018 | vs | 9 Nov 2010 |
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
36.43 GP/s
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
72.86 GT/s
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
84.10 GB/s
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
2332.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better