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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

The GeForce GTX 580 3GB comes with core clock speeds of 772 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 690, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1502 MHz on this card. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 580 3GB 244 Watts
Geforce GTX 690 300 Watts
Difference: 56 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 690 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 384512 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 192384 MB/sec
Difference: 192128 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 should be much (approximately 374%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 49408 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 184832 (374%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be quite a bit (more or less 58%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690 58560 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 37056 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 21504 (58%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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GeForce GTX 580 3GB

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 580 3GB Geforce GTX 690
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2010 April 2012
Code Name GF110 GK104
Memory 3072 MB 2048 MB (x2)
Core Speed 772 MHz 915 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 4008 MHz 6008 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 244 watts 300 watts
Bandwidth 192384 MB/sec 384512 MB/sec
Texel Rate 49408 Mtexels/sec 234240 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 37056 Mpixels/sec 58560 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 1536 (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 64 128 (x2)
Render Output Units 48 32 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit (x2)
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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 580 3GB

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Geforce GTX 690

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