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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon HD 6970
Intro
The GeForce GTX 580 3GB features a GPU core speed of 772 MHz, and the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1002 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6970, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 880 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1375 MHz on this particular card. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
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
Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 580 3GB should theoretically be a bit superior to the Radeon HD 6970 overall. (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 quite a bit (approximately 71%) more effective at AF 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
The GeForce GTX 580 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 32%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 6970, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (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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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.
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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential 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!!!