Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7950 outperforms GeForce GTX 580 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7950 is 448 days newer than GeForce GTX 580.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Performs up to 17% better in Borderlands 3 than GeForce GTX 580 - 55 vs 47 FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 200 vs 244 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 3 vs 2 GB
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
GeForce GTX 580
Desktop • Nov 9th, 2010
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 580
Desktop • Nov 9th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
24.7 GPixel/s
96.48437499999999%
Texel Fillrate
49.41 GTexel/s
55.14508928571429%
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9th, 2010 | Release Date | Jan 31st, 2012 |
| GeForce 500 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $499 | MSRP | $449 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.5 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 192.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 772 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 1002 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
