GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce GTX 580
4702
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GF110
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2010
January 2021
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
772 MHz
1320 MHz
CUDA cores
512
-
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,000 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.5
Vulkan
+
1.2