Nvidia GeForce GTX 580
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 packs 512 CUDA cores with a graphics/processor clock of 772/1544MHz, 1.5GB of GDDR5 memory with a 384-bit interface and a data rate of 4.0Gbps. The 10.5-inch, dual-slot card draws a maximum of 244W over one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCIe connector and carries two DL-DVI outputs with one mini-HDMI port.
Fermi
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
512
Shader Cores
48
ROPs
64
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1.5 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
192.4 GB/s
Bandwidth
244 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Nov 9, 2010 | Price at Launch: | $499 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | Fermi |
| Generation: | GeForce GTX 500 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 1.5 GB | Total Board Power: | 244 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 512 | TMUs: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 48 | L2 Cache: | 768 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 1.5 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 4 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 384-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 192.4 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 772 MHz | FP32 Throughput: | 1.58 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 40nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 40nm | Die Size: | 520 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 244 W | Power Connectors: | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 2.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 1.3a |
| DSC: | No | Max Displays: | 4 |
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 5.1 |
| OpenGL Version: | 4.6 | ||
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