NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF110GPU NameGT200
GF110-380-A1Model numberG200-300-A2
Fermi 2.0ArchitectureTesla 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size65 nm
3,000 millionTransistors1,400 million
520 mm²Die Size576 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 6th, 2011Release DateJun 16th, 2008
GeForce 500FamilyGeForce 200
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
499 USDLaunch Price649 USD
GeForce 400PredecessorGeForce 9
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1536 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR3
384 bitMemory Bus512 bit
192.4 GB/sBandwidth141.7 GB/s

Performance

24.70 GPixel/sPixel fillrate19.26 GPixel/s
49.41 GTexel/sTexture fillrate48.16 GTexel/s
1.581 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance622.1 GFLOPS
197.6 GFLOPS (1:8)FP64 (double) performance77.76 GFLOPS (1:8)

Clock Speeds

1002 MHz
4 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1107 MHz
2.2 Gbps effective
772 MHzGPU Clock602 MHz

Render Config

512Shading Units240
64TMUs80
48ROPs32
768 KBL2 Cache256 KB
16SM Count30

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
267 mm
10.5 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
244 WThermal design power (TDP)236 W
550 WSuggested PSU550 W
2x DVI
1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
P1261 SKU 12Board NumberP651

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.6OpenGL3.3
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.0
2.0CUDA1.3