GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce 6800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce 6800 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GF110
NV45
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
June 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
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
772 MHz
350 MHz
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
222 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
-
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
67 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
5.600
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
32 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
2x DVI, 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