WinTurbo vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	415	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.00	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2	Mach64
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$699
Current price	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	620 MHz	40 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	600 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 580M SLI and WinTurbo compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCI
Width	no data	1-slot

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	VRAM
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	40 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	320.0 MB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors

no data

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

600 nm

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