GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon HD 7950 Boost
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
138%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
100%
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
117%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
| 17% higher gaming performance. |
| 44 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7950 Boost
The Radeon HD 7950 Boost 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 7950 Boost | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon HD 7950 Boost | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | Radeon HD 7950 Boost | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 22 Jun 2012 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
95.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3046.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
9130
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
27
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
39
FPS (higher is better)