ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cypress | GF114 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cypress XT (215-0735033) | N12E-GTX2-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 1,950 million |
| Die size | 334 mm² | 332 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 30th, 2010 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 479 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 171 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | — |
| Successor | Northern Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 620 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1195 MHz 4.8 Gbps effective | 750 MHz 3 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1240 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.0 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1600 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 9.920 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 39.68 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.720 TFLOPS | 952.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 544.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 79.36 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 279 mm 11 inches | — |
| TDP | 228 W | 100 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C078 | P1314 |
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 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 28th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 500M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Reviews | — | 1 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 400M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 600M |
