GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 280
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
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
772 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
512
240
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
240
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDTVDual Link DVI
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