GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon R9 370X

GeForce GTX 580
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon R9 370X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Aug 2015
Radeon R9 370X

Summary

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 370X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 580Radeon R9 370X
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-375-A1)vsTrinidad (Trinidad XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1280
Compute Units16vs24
Core clock772 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 580Radeon R9 370X
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 R9 370X
TDP244 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date9 Nov 2010vs27 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    24.70 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    33.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 580
    49.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    82.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 580
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 370X
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 580
    1581.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 370X
    2636.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better