ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R600 | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R600 XTX A11 (215RGMDKA11FG) | GT215-450-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 420 mm² | 144 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Never Released | Apr 28th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 300 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 63 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 400 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 743 MHz | 506 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 828 MHz 1656 Mbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1012 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 106.0 GB/s | 5.600 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.89 GPixel/s | 2.024 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 11.89 GTexel/s | 8.096 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 475.5 GFLOPS | 97.15 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 315 mm 12.4 inches | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| TDP | 240 W | 33 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | B001-31 | P680 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
