A800 PCIe 40 GB vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF110GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 June 2011 (13 years ago)8 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores5126912
Core clock speed772 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate49.41609.1
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs48160
TMUs64432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB40 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s1,555 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.08.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2011 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 40 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 580 Rev. 2 has 2.5% lower power consumption.

A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 2566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while A800 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
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