GeForce GTX 580 vs 690

Place in performance ranking	331	375
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.95	8.17
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	9 November 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$499
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$14.89 (0x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 580 has 319% better value for money than GTX 690.

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	1536	512
CUDA cores	3072	512
Core clock speed	915 MHz	772 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	244 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	49.4 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	1,581.1 gflops

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 Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	1536 MB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	192.4 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	4 displays	+
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	+
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 690 14.44
+22.4%

GTX 580 11.80

690 outperforms 580 by 22% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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 690 5590
+22.4%

GTX 580 4566

690 outperforms 580 by 22% in Passmark.

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 690 13160
+165%

GTX 580 4970

690 outperforms 580 by 165% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 690 18700
+20.6%

GTX 580 15511

690 outperforms 580 by 21% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	60−65 +13.2%	53 −13.2%
Full HD	110−120 +12.2%	98 −12.2%
1200p	95−100 +21.8%	78 −21.8%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	14.44	11.80
Recency	3 May 2012	9 November 2010
Cost	$999	$499
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	1536 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	244 Watt