
GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 490 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 490
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF110
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
-
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 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
772 MHz
608 MHz
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
480
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
36.48
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
164.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.0
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A