NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
► remove from comparisonThe NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is a high-end desktop graphics card which was introduced at the end of 2010. It is based on the GF110 Fermi chip with all cores enabled. This means that the 580 offers 512 shaders, 64 texture units and 16 polymorph engines. As a special feature of the Fermi architecture, the shaders are clocked twice as fast as the rest of the chip (e.g. the texture units).
The performance of the GTX 580 is significantly higher than the mobile GeForce GTX 580M (which is actually a lower clocked GTX 560 Ti). Compared to the competition, the GTX 580M is roughly on a par with a Radeon HD 7950. The successor card to the Kepler generation, the GTX 680 can clearly set itself apart with a lead of around 30%.
With a TDP of 244 watts, the GTX 580 is one of the most power-hungry graphics cards and requires a powerful power supply for operation.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
► remove from comparisonThe Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 is a high-end desktop graphics card that was announced early 2011. It is based on two GF110 chips (Fermi architecture) in SLI on a single board. Compared to two GTX 580 in SLI, the GTX 590 offers reduced clock rates and therefore is a bit slower.
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| Codename | GF110 | GF110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Fermi | Fermi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 512 - unified | 1024 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 775 MHz | 607 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shader Speed | 1544 MHz | 1215 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 2004 MHz | 1707 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 384 Bit | 384 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1536 MB | 1536 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 244 Watt | 365 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 3 Billion | 6 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 40 nm | 40 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 09.11.2010 | 24.03.2011 |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 → 100% n=6
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 → 128% n=6
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Battlefield 3
2011
Fifa 12
2011
F1 2011
2011
Dirt 3
2011
Crysis 2
2011
Total War: Shogun 2
2011
Civilization 5
2010
Mafia 2
2010
StarCraft 2
2010
Metro 2033
2010
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
2010
CoD Modern Warfare 2
2009
Resident Evil 5
2009
Colin McRae: DIRT 2
2009
Left 4 Dead
2008
Crysis Warhead
2008
Trackmania Nations Forever
2008
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
2007
Supreme Commander - FA Bench
2007
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
2007
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
2007
World in Conflict - Benchmark
2007
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark
2005
Counter-Strike Source
2004
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
1999Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 → 111%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 116%
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