3DMark Vantage
Making an appearance when evaluating new architectures, we run the 'high' preset and note the GPU score as well as Test 4, which includes extensive use of the GPU's stream-out function and vertex and geometry shading ability.
3DMark Vantage paints an interesting picture. GTX 580 is significantly faster than GTX 480 and HD 5870 and is only a little slower than the twin-GPU HD 5970. Some FP16 love combined with faster speeds and more processing cores does the trick here. Going by the GPU score, here's how it breaks down:
| Comparison with GPU score | GTX 480 | HD 5870 | HD 5970 |
| Faster/slower (per cent) | +32 | +44.5 | -3 |