GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF110
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
April 2007
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
540 MHz
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
32
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
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)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A