GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce 6600
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce 6600
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GF110
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
August 2004
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
772 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
-
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
2.400
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
3.0
Vulkan
+
N/A