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GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 950 - video card comparison


Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce GTX 950
5498

GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 950


Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Maxwell (2014−2018)

GPU code name
GF110
GM206

Market segment
Desktop
Desktop

Release date
November 2010
August 2015

Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
PCI Express 3.0

Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16

Recommended system power (PSU)
-
350 Watt

Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
1x 6-pins

SLI options
+
+

Boost clock speed
-
1188 MHz

Core clock speed
772 MHz
1024 MHz

CUDA cores
512
768

Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
1,825 gflops

Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm

Number of transistors
3,000 million
2,940 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
768

Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
90 Watt

Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-

Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
49.2 billion/sec

Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
2 GB

Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit

Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
6.6 GB/s

Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
105.6 GB/s

Shared memory
-
-

Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2

Multi monitor support
+
4 displays

HDMI
+
+

HDCP
-
+

Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536

G-SYNC support
-
+

Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal

DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)

CUDA
+
+

OpenCL
1.1
1.2

OpenGL
4.2
4.5

Shader Model
5.1
6.4

Vulkan
+
1.1.126

GameStream
-
+

GameWorks
-
+

GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+

GPU Boost
-
2.0