GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 580
Summary
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 580
115%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 580
120%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| 20% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 580
The GeForce GTX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 512 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 772 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 244 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 9 Nov 2010 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
5700
GeForce GTX 580
6600
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 480
24
GeForce GTX 580
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 480
39
GeForce GTX 580
47
FPS (higher is better)