GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GT 610

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GT 610
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Apr 2012
GeForce GT 610

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1222%
  • GeForce GT 610
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580

Around 1122% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 610

215 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.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 580

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 580

The GeForce GTX 580 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GT 610
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs292 million
Shaders512vs48
Compute Units16vs1
Core clock772 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs48vs4
TMUs64vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GT 610
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width384 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs898 MHz
1796 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GT 610
TDP244 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs2 Apr 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 610
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 610
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 610
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 610
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 580
    6600
  • GeForce GT 610
    540

Points (higher is better)