GeForce GTX 580M and GeForce GTX 260M SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 580M
GeForce GTX 260M SLI
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
NB9E-GTX
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2011
March 2009
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
620 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
384
-
Floating-point performance
952.3 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
1508 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
224
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
150 Watt
Texture fill rate
39.7 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
950 MHz
Memory bandwidth
96.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
-
DirectX
12 API
10
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
-
OpenGL
4.5
-
Shader Model
5.1
-
Vulkan
N/A
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3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-