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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is a graphics card, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 512 shading units, 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, 192.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 772 MHz and a 244 W board power rating. It scores 4,630 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF110-375-A1

8/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 39 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

512cores

Memory

3 GB

GDDR5 · 384-bit

Boost clock

n/a

772 MHz base

Board power

244 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 scores 4,630 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 79% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #579), measured across 4,744 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 490.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,630

Rank #579
Faster than 79% of 2,658 GPUs
4,744 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 90 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 73.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 22 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 63.2% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 40 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 65.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 49.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,481 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 58.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 averages DirectX 9 90 fps, DirectX 10 22 fps, DirectX 11 40 fps, DirectX 12 16 fps and GPU Compute 1,481 ops/s, across 4,744 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 3 GB

Core clock 772 MHz

Memory clock 4008 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 244 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-18

Samples 4,744

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 772 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF110-375-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 3,000 M

Die size 520 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF110-375-A1 graphics processor, contains 3,000 million transistors and has a die size of 520 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 512

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 64

Render output units (ROPs) 48

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 has 512 shading units, 64 texture mapping units and 48 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.

Clock speeds

Base clock 772 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 runs at a base clock of 772 MHz.

Memory

Size 3 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 384-bit

Bandwidth 192.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 192.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 has a board power rating of 244 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 244 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price $499

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 launched at a price of $499.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,630

PassMark G2D 490

Rank #579

Samples 4,744

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 192.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 has a board power rating of 244 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 scores 4,630 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 79% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #579. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 16 fps.