GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GF110
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
June 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
772 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
512
192
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
192
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
896 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A