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GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 580
Intro
The GeForce GTX 570 comes with a GPU core speed of 732 MHz, and the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 950 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 480 Stream Processors, 60 TAUs, and 40 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the GeForce GTX 580, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 772 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this specific card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 570 |
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219 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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244 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 580 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 580 |
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192384 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 570 |
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152000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 580 should be just a bit (approximately 12%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)| GeForce GTX 580 |
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49408 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 570 |
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43920 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 580 will be much (about 27%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| GeForce GTX 580 |
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37056 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 570 |
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29280 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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GeForce GTX 580Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 570 | GeForce GTX 580 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | December 2010 | November 2010 |
| Code Name | GF110 | GF110 |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 1280 MB | 1536 MB |
| Core Speed | 732 MHz | 772 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1464 MHz | 1544 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz (3800 MHz effective) | 1002 MHz (4008 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 480 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 60 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 40 | 48 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320-bit | 384-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 219 watts | 244 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 152000 MB/sec | 192384 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 43920 Mtexels/sec | 49408 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 29280 Mpixels/sec | 37056 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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What about the 570s with 2560MB? Wouldn't that outperform the 580?
ye where is the 2 gig Gtx 570 Ti