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

Peak AI Performance

  • 42% faster vs GeForce GTX 580
  • 30% slower vs Radeon HD 6950
Radeon HD 6950 - 2.25 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 580 - 1.58 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • 42% faster vs GeForce GTX 580
  • 30% slower vs Radeon HD 6950
Radeon HD 6950 - 2.25 TFLOPS FP32
x1.42
GeForce GTX 580 - 1.58 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 17% slower vs GeForce GTX 580
  • 20% faster vs Radeon HD 6950
Radeon HD 6950 - 160GB/s
x1
GeForce GTX 580 - 192.4GB/s
x1.2
  • 18% lower vs GeForce GTX 580
  • 22% higher vs Radeon HD 6950
Radeon HD 6950 - 200W
x1
GeForce GTX 580 - 244W
x1.22
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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
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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