AMD Radeon HD 6570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Thames | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Thames XTX | G80-300-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 484 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 7th, 2011 | Nov 8th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 7 in our database | 73 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 9 |
| Launch price | — | 599 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 576 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1350 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 768 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 86.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 128 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 96 KB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 5.200 GPixel/s | 13.82 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 15.60 GTexel/s | 36.86 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 624.0 GFLOPS | 345.6 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 270 mm 10.6 inches |
| TDP | 44 W | 155 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Board number | C239 | P355 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
