GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon HD 8950

GeForce GTX 690
Radeon HD 8950
2x 1536 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
1058MHz
1792 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
925MHz
FP32
6.5 TFLOPS
FP32
3.32 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
225W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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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
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 600
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-355-A2
Codename
Tahiti
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Variant
Tahiti Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/29/2012
Release Date
1/8/2013
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
2x 294 mm²
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Die Size
352 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 3.5 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.25M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 8 SMs
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Compute Units
28 CUs
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915MHz Base
1058MHz
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850MHz Base
925MHz
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FP32
6.5 TFLOPS
FP32
3.32 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.27 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.83 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
33.856 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
135.424 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
103.6 GTexel/s
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
225W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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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
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
NVENC 1
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 3.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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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
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-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
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
279 mm (10.98 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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