AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cayman | GF110 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cayman XT (215-0807007) | GF110-375-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 3,000 million |
| Die size | 389 mm² | 520 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 14th, 2010 | Nov 9th, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 500 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 369 USD | 499 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 80 in our database | 136 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 880 MHz | 772 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1375 MHz 5.5 Gbps effective | 1002 MHz 4 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1544 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | 192.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1536 | 512 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 96 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 24 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 768 KB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 28.16 GPixel/s | 24.70 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 84.48 GTexel/s | 49.41 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.703 TFLOPS | 1.581 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 675.8 GFLOPS (1:4) | 197.6 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 286 mm 11.3 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | 126 mm 5 inches | — |
| Height | 42 mm 1.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 250 W | 244 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C200-47 | P1261 SKU 02 |
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 | — | 2.0 |
