GeForce GTX 580 vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 690, which features a GPU core clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1536 Stream Processors, 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 690		13111 points
GeForce GTX 580		4956 points
	Difference: 8155 (165%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 690, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 580 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 should be quite a bit (approximately 374%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 690 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.