PG506-242 vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

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GTX 580 Rev. 2 GTX 580 Rev. 2
PG506-242 PG506-242

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF110GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 June 2011 (13 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5123584
Core clock speed772 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1440 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate49.41322.6
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs64224
Tensor Coresno data224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s933.1 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.08.0

Pros & cons summary

Recency 6 June 2011 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 165 Watt

PG506-242 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 47.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and PG506-242. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while PG506-242 is a workstation one.

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