GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs ATI FirePro V8800

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCypressGF110
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 April 2010 (14 years ago)6 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $499

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 cores1600512
Core clock speed825 MHz772 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)208 Watt244 Watt
Texture fill rate66.0049.41
Floating-point processing power2.64 TFLOPS1.581 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8064

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1002 MHz
Memory bandwidth147.2 GB/s192.4 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 April 2010 6 June 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 208 Watt 244 Watt

ATI V8800 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 17.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 580 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V8800 and GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V8800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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