GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Dec 2010
GeForce GTX 570

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    112%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    109%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580

9% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 570

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (1 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 570
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsGF110 (GF110-275-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders512vs480
Compute Units16vs15
Core clock772 MHzvs732 MHz
ROPs48vs40
TMUs64vs60

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 570
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs320 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs1280 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 570
TDP244 wattsvs219 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs7 Dec 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    22.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    43.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    152.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 570
    1405.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 580
    6600
  • GeForce GTX 570
    5860

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Metro Last Light

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

  • GeForce GTX 580
    34
  • GeForce GTX 570
    31

FPS (higher is better)