GeForce GTX 580 vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 680, which features clock speeds of 1006 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

Grand Theft Auto V | 1920x1080 | Very High

Geforce GTX 680		38 FPS
GeForce GTX 580		25 FPS
	Difference: 13 (52%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 680		7650 points
GeForce GTX 580		4956 points
	Difference: 2694 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 580 is 0% faster than the Geforce GTX 680 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 will be much (more or less 161%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 580 is superior to the Geforce GTX 680, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.