GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    141%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    136%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580

36% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

74 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsGF114 (GF114-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders512vs384
Compute Units16vs8
Core clock772 MHzvs823 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 560 Ti
TDP244 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs25 Jan 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 580
    6600
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    29
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    47
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    27
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 580
    34
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)