AMD Radeon Sky 700 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Tahiti | GF110 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Tahiti PRO GL | GF110-380-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 3,000 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 520 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 27th, 2013 | Jun 6th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Sky | GeForce 500 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Launch price | — | 499 USD |
| Reviews | — | 136 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 772 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1375 MHz 5.5 Gbps effective | 1002 MHz 4 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1544 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 6 GB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 264.0 GB/s | 192.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1792 | 512 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 112 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 28 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 768 KB | 768 KB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 28.80 GPixel/s | 24.70 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 100.8 GTexel/s | 49.41 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 3.226 TFLOPS | 1.581 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 806.4 GFLOPS (1:4) | 197.6 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 225 W | 244 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | — | P1261 SKU 12 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
