GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon HD 7850
103%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
126%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| 26% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7850 |
| 114 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 Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 580
The GeForce GTX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
29
Radeon HD 7850
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
Radeon HD 7850
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
Radeon HD 7850
27
FPS (higher is better)