GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GP106
GF110
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
June 2011
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
772 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
3,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
512
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
244 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
49.41
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
4008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A