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    GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 970

    GeForce GTX 580
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 9 Nov 2010
    GeForce GTX 580
    GeForce GTX 970
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 19 Sep 2014
    GeForce GTX 970

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 580
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      238%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 580
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      251%

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970

    151% higher gaming performance.
    96 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 970

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

    The GeForce GTX 970 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 970
    GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size520 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors3,000 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders512vs1664
    Compute Units16vs13
    Core clock772 MHzvs1050 MHz
    ROPs48vs56
    TMUs64vs104

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 970
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1002 MHz
    4008 MHz effective    		vs1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 580GeForce GTX 970
    TDP244 wattsvs148 watts
    Release Date9 Nov 2010vs19 Sep 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 580
      24.70 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      58.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 580
      49.40 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      109.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 580
      192.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      224.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 580
      1581.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 970
      3494.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 580
      6600
    • GeForce GTX 970
      15750

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 580
      29
    • GeForce GTX 970
      73

    FPS (higher is better)

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