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GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB comes with a GPU core clock speed of 648 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 1242 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 240 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 580, which has a core clock speed of 772 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB 204 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 244 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 580 will be 21% quicker than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580 192384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB 158976 MB/sec
Difference: 33408 (21%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB is a bit (approximately 5%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB 51840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 49408 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2432 (5%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 580 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580 37056 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB 20736 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 16320 (79%)

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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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 285 2GB GeForce GTX 580
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year January 15, 2009 November 2010
Code Name G200b GF110
Memory 2048 MB 1536 MB
Core Speed 648 MHz 772 MHz
Memory Speed 2484 MHz 4008 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 204 watts 244 watts
Bandwidth 158976 MB/sec 192384 MB/sec
Texel Rate 51840 Mtexels/sec 49408 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20736 Mpixels/sec 37056 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 240 512
Texture Mapping Units 80 64
Render Output Units 32 48
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 512-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1400 million 3000 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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