GeForce GTX 580M Overview
Summary
Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.
The GeForce GTX 580M is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 28 Jun 2011. The graphics card houses the GF114 die, based on the Nvidia_Fermi architecture which packs 1,950 million transistors on a 40 nm, 332 mm2 die.
GeForce GTX 580M pros and cons |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Compared to similar performing cards
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| GeForce GTX 580M | Radeon HD 8570M | Radeon HD 8590M | Radeon HD 8690M | Radeon HD 6970M |
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| Shader units | 384 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 960 |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| Graphics processor | GF114 | Sun | Sun | Sun | Blackcomb |
| Process size | 40 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Memory | 2048 Mb GDDR5 (750 MHz
3000 MHz effective) | 1024 Mb DDR3 (1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective) | 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective) | 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective) | 1024 Mb GDDR5 (900 MHz
3600 MHz effective) |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit | 64 bit | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 96.00 Gb/s | 16.00 Gb/s | 36.00 Gb/s | 32.00 Gb/s | 115.20 Gb/s |
| Release date | 28 Jun 2011 | 1 Mar 2013 | 1 Mar 2013 | 1 Mar 2013 | 4 Jan 2011 |