GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 580, which has core speeds of 772 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 580		4956 points
	Difference: 13218 (267%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 94 Watts (63%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 580 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 69760 (36%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (more or less 266%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 131312 (266%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59328 (160%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.