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GeForce GTX 580 vs Geforce GTX 670
Intro
The GeForce GTX 580 comes with a clock frequency of 772 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 670, which comes with core clock speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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7351 points |
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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4956 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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170 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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244 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 580 should theoretically be a bit better than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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192384 MB/sec |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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192000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 670 will be much (more or less 107%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)| Geforce GTX 670 |
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102480 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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49408 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 580 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce GTX 580 |
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37056 Mpixels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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29280 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 580 | Geforce GTX 670 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | November 2010 | May 2012 |
| Code Name | GF110 | GK104 |
| Memory | 1536 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 772 MHz | 915 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4008 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 244 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 192384 MB/sec | 192000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 49408 Mtexels/sec | 102480 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 37056 Mpixels/sec | 29280 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 512 | 1344 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 48 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3000 million | 3540 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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Comments
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