ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 260 216 Rev. 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGT200BMadison
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 November 2008 (17 years ago)22 April 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores216400
Core clock speed576 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4713.00
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs7220
L1 Cacheno data40 KB
L2 Cache224 KB256 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount896 MB512 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz795 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s25.44 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2008 22 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 260 216 Rev. 2 has a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Mobility HD 5670 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1040% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
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