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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

The GeForce GTX 580 3GB has a GPU core clock speed of 772 MHz, and the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1002 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 680, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1006 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1502 MHz on this particular model. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 680 195 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 244 Watts
Difference: 49 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 580 3GB should be a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 680 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580 3GB 192384 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680 192256 MB/sec
Difference: 128 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 will be quite a bit (more or less 161%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 49408 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 79360 (161%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 580 3GB should be a small bit (approximately 15%) more effective at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 680, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580 3GB 37056 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680 32192 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4864 (15%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 580 3GB Geforce GTX 680
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2010 March 2012
Code Name GF110 GK104
Memory 3072 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 772 MHz 1006 MHz
Memory Speed 4008 MHz 6008 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 244 watts 195 watts
Bandwidth 192384 MB/sec 192256 MB/sec
Texel Rate 49408 Mtexels/sec 128768 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 37056 Mpixels/sec 32192 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 1536
Texture Mapping Units 64 128
Render Output Units 48 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3000 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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Comments

3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Geforce GTX 680”
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Losschris says:

I still love my GTX 680 4GB, I have no trouble playing any games with it, and honestly as long as I have my 60 fps i'd good.

uco73 says:

I still love my ZOTAC GTX 580 3GB. I still playing any game with my 8GB RAM DDR2 1066MHz, and Intel Xeon quad core E5472 with 12 MB cache L2 and 3GHz 1600FSB.

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