AMD Radeon RX 580 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | G92 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184) | — |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Tesla |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 324 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 29th, 2016 | Apr 28th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Polaris | GeForce 9 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 229 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 52 in our database | 4 in our database |
| Predecessor | Arctic Islands | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | Vega | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1120 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1266 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 550 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1375 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 384 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 38.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 12 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 48 KB |
| SM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 6.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 182.3 GTexel/s | 26.40 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 5.834 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 5.834 TFLOPS | 264.0 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 229 mm 9 inches |
| TDP | 150 W | 84 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C940, D009-04 | P393 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
