AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Turks | GF116 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Turks XT (215-0803000) | GF116-400-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 118 mm² | 238 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 19th, 2011 | Mar 15th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 500 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 99 USD | 149 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 35 in our database | 62 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 1026 MHz 4.1 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1800 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 98.50 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 384 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 6.400 GPixel/s | 7.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 19.20 GTexel/s | 28.80 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 768.0 GFLOPS | 691.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 57.60 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 210 mm 8.3 inches |
| TDP | 66 W | 116 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C334 | P1050 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
