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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon HD 6970
Intro
The GeForce GTX 580 3GB makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 772 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1002 MHz on this specific card. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6970, which features clock speeds of 880 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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244 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6970 |
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250 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the GeForce GTX 580 3GB is 9% faster than the Radeon HD 6970 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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192384 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 6970 |
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176000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6970 will be much (approximately 71%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 6970 |
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84480 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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49408 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 580 3GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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37056 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6970 |
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28160 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
GeForce GTX 580 3GBAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 580 3GB | Radeon HD 6970 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | November 2010 | December 2010 |
| Code Name | GF110 | Cayman XT |
| Memory | 3072 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 772 MHz | 880 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4008 MHz | 5500 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 244 watts | 250 watts |
| Bandwidth | 192384 MB/sec | 176000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 49408 Mtexels/sec | 84480 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 37056 Mpixels/sec | 28160 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 512 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 96 |
| Render Output Units | 48 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 3000 million | 2640 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 580 3GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6970Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
18 Responses to “GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon HD 6970”This my dream 🙂
GOOOOD fight
Does this site lean to Nvidia side on those power graps or is there just something simply wrong with the one writing em?
Power consumption numbers for gtx 500 series are fucked up
@Janus: I got the power numbers from Wikipedia. They should be the max power draw under load. Unless Wikipedia got it wrong... which is always possible.
I just checked TechARP.com's list, and the numbers are the same there as well.
How are they wrong?
No, they're wrong, 580 1.5GB goes well above 300W when under load.
Do you have a source link for that so I can get the exact numbers?
what kind of speculative, unsubstantiated garbage is this? How do you get away with posting crap like this and still manage to have any readers?
@huh?: Do you have a correction to make to the info here? We got our information either from Wikipedia or from TechARP. All we did with it is some calculations and made pretty graphs. If our original information is wrong, then the pretty graphs will be wrong too. I have made some corrections to a few things recently that turned out were input wrong... annoying, but it happens. Power consumption is max TDP, I edited the titles to make that more clear.
admin, don't mind these ppl. Although here it says the power draw is pretty different: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/305?vs=292
Btw, this site is very nice, so thanks! I hope you will support CPU comparison, too!
Thanks k 🙂 We do plan to add CPU comparisons in the future actually.
That Anandtech comparison has the power usage as total system power draw (as in, not just the card alone). I think the sources we use are probably the card alone. Though I'm not sure how they would go about measuring that... but anyway, here's Wikipedia's source for the power numbers: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_580/3.html
Of course those stats are pretty close to the real deal except for different manufacturers like Evga,xfx,Sapphire,HIS all change each card to their own liking but being rude is un called for.
you are all a bunch of whores
Come on,"gangsta fred",forums and communities only exist because of arguing over such trivial matters.Besides,the only right result is the one you measure yourself.However,nobody has the money to buy all of that,and we're forced to believe others.
Good job!
harter kampf trotzdem gtx580 bisschen besser
i was a "red" side big fans. but don't know some how i found that physx in "green" has more secret weapon in its "pocket".
and here am i using my 580 lightening, and it runs very perfect for kicking all latest game ass.
http://www.zeepoll.com/vs/view/71/ati-6970-vs-gtx-580
@Huh you are what people call a doos. Thanks for the input. The website clearly states more or less and that the performance may vary in real life. I have been using this website for years. Thanks!!!