ATI Mobility Radeon-P vs GeForce GTX 580
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 449 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.82 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.45 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Rage 6 (2000−2007) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | M6 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 November 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 December 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 512 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 772 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 30 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 244 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 49.41 | 0.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.581 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | 1 |
| TMUs | 64 | 3 |
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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.4 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 November 2010 | 1 December 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 180 nm |
GTX 580 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 and Mobility Radeon-P. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon-P is a notebook one.
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