ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition vs GeForce 8600 GS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1308 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.69 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G84 | Juniper |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (18 years ago) | 18 July 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $119 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 540 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 64 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.320 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03808 TFLOPS | 0.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 256 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 64 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 18 July 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 64 Watt |
8600 GS has 36.2% lower power consumption.
ATI HD 5670 640SP Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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