GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GF110
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
September 2014
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
772 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
512
192
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
192
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
+
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.2
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+