GPU model | R520 | R580 |
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GPU variant | R520 LE (215RFLBKA14FG) | R580 XT (215BADBKA22FG) |
Architecture | R500 | R500 |
Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 90 nm |
Number of transistors | 321 million | 384 million |
Die size | 288 mm² | 352 mm² |
Release date | Mar 1st, 2006 | 2006 |
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Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | Radeon R500 PCIe |
Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Reviews | 76 in our database | 115 in our database |
Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | Radeon R400 PCIe |
Successor | Radeon R600 | Radeon R600 |
Launch price | — | 399 USD |
GPU clock | 500 MHz | 650 MHz |
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Memory clock | 495 MHz 990 Mbps effective | 775 MHz 1550 Mbps effective |
Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
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Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
Bandwidth | 31.68 GB/s | 49.60 GB/s |
Pixel shaders | 12 | 48 |
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Vertex shaders | 8 | 8 |
TMUs | 12 | 16 |
ROPs | 12 | 16 |
Pixel rate | 6.000 GPixel/s | 10.40 GPixel/s |
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Vertex rate | 1.000 GVertices/s | 1.300 GVertices/s |
Texture rate | 6.000 GTexel/s | 10.40 GTexel/s |
Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
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Length | 254 mm 10 inches | 242 mm 9.5 inches |
Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
Height | 19 mm 0.7 inches | — |
TDP | 48 W | 135 W |
Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
Board number | A520 | A520 |
DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 9.0c (9_3) |
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OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) |
OpenCL | — | — |
Vulkan | — | — |
Shader model | 3.0 | 3.0 |