ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R600 | GF108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R600 XT (215RGMDKA13FG) | GF108-400-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 585 million |
| Die size | 420 mm² | 116 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | May 14th, 2007 | May 15th, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 600 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 399 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 63 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 500 |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 700 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 743 MHz | 810 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 828 MHz 1656 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1620 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 106.0 GB/s | 28.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.89 GPixel/s | 3.240 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 11.89 GTexel/s | 12.96 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 475.5 GFLOPS | 311.0 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 25.92 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 145 mm 5.7 inches |
| TDP | 215 W | 65 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | B006-01 | P1071 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
