NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580: specs and benchmarks

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Technical specs
Memory
Benchmarks
Mining
Gaming
AMD equivalent
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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 580 sales 9 November 2010 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm). One 6-pin and One 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 244 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 11.69% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 580: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	357
Value for money	8.17
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF110
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	9 November 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Current price	$14.89 (0x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 580's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 580's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	512
Core clock speed	772 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3,000 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Texture fill rate	49.4 billion/sec	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 580 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 580: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	384 Bit	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 580. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 580, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	+
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 580. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 580 11.69

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 580 4545

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 580 21941

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 580 6065

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 580 4970

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 580 15603

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 580 67

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

GTX 580 829

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 580. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

142 Mh/s

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 580 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	53
Full HD	98
1200p	78

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	30−33
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	30−33
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Metro Exodus	18−20
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	30−33
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Hitman 3	18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Battlefield 5	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	10−11
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5

Relative perfomance

GeForce GTX 580's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 104.79

AMD Radeon R9 370 103.85

AMD Radeon HD 7870 102.05

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 100

AMD Radeon R7 370 99.23

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 98.29

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 96.49

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 580 is Radeon R7 370, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.