GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2013
GeForce GTX 760

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    130%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    135%

Relative performance

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760

35% higher gaming performance.
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 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 760

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 760

The GeForce GTX 760 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 760
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-225-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders512vs1152
Compute Units16vs6
Core clock772 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs96

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 760
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 760
TDP244 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs25 Jun 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    23.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    94.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 760
    2258.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 580
    6600
  • GeForce GTX 760
    8600

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    29
  • GeForce GTX 760
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    47
  • GeForce GTX 760
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    27
  • GeForce GTX 760
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

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

  • GeForce GTX 580
    34
  • GeForce GTX 760
    41

FPS (higher is better)