AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 6950
$259
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
$499
1408 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
800MHz
|
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
772MHz
|
Peak AI Performance
2.25 TFLOPS
FP32
|
Peak AI Performance
1.58 TOPS
INT32
|
FP32
2.25 TFLOPS
|
FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
|
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
|
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
|
TDP
200W
|
TDP
244W
|
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-
|
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Peak AI Performance
|
|
Radeon HD 6950 - 2.25 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 580 - 1.58 TOPS INT32
x1
FP32
|
|
Radeon HD 6950 - 2.25 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 580 - 1.58 TFLOPS FP32
x1
|
|
Radeon HD 6950 - 160GB/s
x1
GeForce GTX 580 - 192.4GB/s
x1.2
|
|
Radeon HD 6950 - 200W
x1
GeForce GTX 580 - 244W
x1.22
Manufacturer
AMD
|
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
|
Chip Designer
AMD
|
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
|
Architecture
TeraScale 3
|
Architecture
Fermi
|
Family
Radeon HD 6000
|
Family
GeForce 500
|
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Cayman Pro
|
Codename
NVC8
GF110
Variant
GF110-375-A1
|
Market Segment
Desktop
|
Market Segment
Desktop
|
Release Date
12/15/2010
|
Release Date
11/9/2010
|
Foundry
TSMC
|
Foundry
TSMC
|
Fabrication Node
40nm
|
Fabrication Node
40nm
|
Die Size
389 mm²
|
Die Size
585 mm²
|
Transistor Count
2.6 Billion
|
Transistor Count
3 Billion
|
Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
|
Transistor Density
5.13M/mm²
|
Form
PCIe Card
|
Form
PCIe Card
|
Shading Units
1408 Shaders
|
Shading Units
512 Shaders
|
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
|
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
|
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
|
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
|
-
-
|
Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
|
Compute Units
22 CUs
|
-
-
|
-
800MHz
|
1544MHz Shader
772MHz
|
Peak AI Performance
2.25 TFLOPS
FP32
|
Peak AI Performance
1.58 TOPS
INT32
|
FP32
2.25 TFLOPS
|
FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
|
FP64
560 GFLOPS
|
FP64
200 GFLOPS
|
-
-
|
INT32
1.58 TOPS
|
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
|
Pixel Fillrate
37.056 GPixel/s
|
Texture Fillrate
70.4 GTexel/s
|
Texture Fillrate
49.408 GTexel/s
|
L1
-
8KB/CU
|
L1
64KB/SM
-
|
L2
512KB Shared
|
L2
768KB Shared
|
2GB
GDDR5
|
2GB
GDDR5
|
Bus Width
256Bit
|
Bus Width
384Bit
|
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
|
Clock
1002MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
192.4GB/s
|
TDP
200W
|
TDP
244W
|
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
1x HDMI 1.3
|
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
1x mini-HDMI 1.3
-
|
Max Resolution
2560x1600
|
Max Resolution
2560x1600
|
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
|
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
|
Variable Refresh Rate
|
Variable Refresh Rate
|
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
|
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
|
Multi Monitor Support
3
|
Multi Monitor Support
2
|
No Encoders
|
No Encoders
|
Model
UVD 3.1
|
No Decoders
|
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
|
-
-
-
-
-
|
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
|
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
|
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
|
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
|
Shader Model
5.0
-
-
GFX
5
-
-
-
-
|
Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
|
1x Fan
|
1x Fan
|
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-
|
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
|
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
|
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
|
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
|
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
|
Height
126 mm (4.96 in)
Width
286 mm (11.26 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
|
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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