NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

271
Place in performance rating
274
35.62
Value for money (0-100)
20.04
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GF110
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
9 November 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
$270
$37 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
2.64
Value for money
13.51
GF110
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

512
Pipelines
1536
772 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
975 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
244 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
49.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
93.60
1,581.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
512
CUDA cores
no data
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
no data
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
244 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
267 mm
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Bus support
no data
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
192.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
DSR
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

0.22% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($37 (0.1x MSRP) vs $133 (0.5x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.4 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

More pipelines (1536 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (185 Watt vs 244 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.2 Out of 36 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 7 Hitesti Score