GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon HD 6870

GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6870
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
772MHz
1120 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
900MHz
FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
244W
TDP
151W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Fermi
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
GeForce 500
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
NVC8
GF110
Variant
GF110-375-A1
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/9/2010
Release Date
10/22/2010
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
585 mm²
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Die Size
255 mm²
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
5.13M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Shading Units
1120 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
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Compute Units
14 CUs
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1544MHz Shader
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772MHz
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900MHz
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FP32
1.58 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.13 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
37.056 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
49.408 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
50.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
768KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1002MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
192.4GB/s
Clock
1050MHz
Transfer Rate
4.2GT/s
Bandwidth
134.4GB/s
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TDP
244W
TDP
151W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x mini-HDMI 1.3
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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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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 3.0
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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
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
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PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
247 mm (9.72 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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