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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon HD 5970
Intro
The GeForce GTX 580 3GB uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 772 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this model. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5970, which comes with a core clock frequency of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 1600 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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244 Watts |
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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294 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 5970 should be 33% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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256000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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192384 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 5970 should be a lot (more or less 370%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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232000 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 Radeon HD 5970 is the winner, by far. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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92800 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 580 3GB |
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37056 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.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
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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 5970 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | November 2010 | November 2009 |
| Code Name | GF110 | Hemlock XT |
| Memory | 3072 MB | 1024 MB (x2) |
| Core Speed | 772 MHz | 725 MHz (x2) |
| Memory Speed | 4008 MHz | 4000 MHz (x2) |
| Power (Max TDP) | 244 watts | 294 watts |
| Bandwidth | 192384 MB/sec | 256000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 49408 Mtexels/sec | 232000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 37056 Mpixels/sec | 92800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 512 | 1600 (x2) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 160 (x2) |
| Render Output Units | 48 | 64 (x2) |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384-bit | 256-bit (x2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 3000 million | 2154 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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce GTX 580 3GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 5970Amazon.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
7 Responses to “GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon HD 5970”so HD 5970 2GB IS THE BEST GRAPHICS CARD IN THE WORLD what about ATI RADEON 5970 4GB
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :0
it should be 50 percent better.......ambelivible
These are theoretical numbers. The 3gb 580 would perform much closer to that of the 5970 than this.
i dont believe this
yes i would like to see the 5970 4gb on this website, also the upcoming classified 580 3gb.
Bunch of morons!!! Yeah theoretical and actual makes a huge diff!!! Dumb@sses!!
Hate to disappoint all the nVidia fanboys, but the GTX580 Classified, FTW or whatever else nVidia is trying to release these days will still get spanked by the ATI 5970. Better take a closer look at those specs of the 5970...here's a refresher 1600 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs GTX580 doesn't even come close so $499.99 and still getting spanked by the ATI 5970 and I have two of these puppies in crossfireX want to see those real world benchmarks against your Tri-SLI GTX580's?