Radeon R2 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 580

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking401not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.00no data
Power efficiency3.40no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF110Beema
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 November 2010 (13 years ago)27 February 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores512128
Core clock speed772 MHz351 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate49.412.808
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS0.08986 TFLOPS
ROPs484
TMUs648

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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1536 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2004 MHz (4008 data rate)System Shared
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 November 2010 27 February 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 15 Watt

R2 Graphics has an age advantage of 4 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1526.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 and Radeon R2 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.


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