GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon R7 265

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon R7 265
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 265

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    100%
  • Radeon R7 265
    104%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 580
    102%
  • Radeon R7 265
    100%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 265

94 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 580Radeon R7 265
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1024
Compute Units16vs16
Core clock772 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580Radeon R7 265
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 580Radeon R7 265
TDP244 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs13 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 265
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 580
    6600
  • Radeon R7 265
    6900

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    29
  • Radeon R7 265
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    47
  • Radeon R7 265
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 580
    27
  • Radeon R7 265
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

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

  • GeForce GTX 580
    34
  • Radeon R7 265
    31

FPS (higher is better)