Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6950
GeForce GTX 580
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1408 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
800MHz
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512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
772MHz
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FP32
2.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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TDP
200W
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TDP
244W
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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OCT Metal - N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
TeraScale 3
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Architecture
Fermi
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Family
Radeon HD 6000
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Family
GeForce 500
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Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Cayman Pro
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Codename
NVC8
GF110
Variant
GF110-375-A1
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
12/15/2010
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Release Date
11/9/2010
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
389 mm²
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Die Size
585 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Transistor Density
5.13M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
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Form
PCIe Card
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
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Compute Units
22 CUs
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800MHz
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1544MHz Shader
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772MHz
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FP32
2.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.56 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.13 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
37.056 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
70.4 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
49.408 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
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L2
768KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Bus Width
384Bit
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Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
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Clock
1002MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
192.4GB/s
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TDP
200W
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TDP
244W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x mini-HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.1
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No Decoders
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
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OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
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PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
-
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
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Height
126 mm (4.96 in)
Width
286 mm (11.26 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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