ATI FirePro V7800 vs GeForce GTX 580M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking611not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.74no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF114Cypress
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date28 June 2011 (13 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$759

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 cores3841440
Core clock speed620 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6850.40
Floating-point processing power0.9523 TFLOPS2.016 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6472

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data254 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 26 April 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 580M has an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580M and FirePro V7800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M is a notebook card while FirePro V7800 is a workstation one.


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