Radeon HD 7970M X2 vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF110Wimbledon
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 June 2011 (14 years ago)24 April 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores5121280 ×2
Core clock speed772 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate49.4168.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS2.176 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs4832 ×2
TMUs6480 ×2
L1 Cache1 MB320 KB
L2 Cache768 KB512 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 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB2 GB ×2
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s153.6 GB/s ×2

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 mini-HDMIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 6 June 2011 24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 200 Watt

HD 7970M X2 has an age advantage of 10 months, a 33% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 43% more advanced lithography process, and 22% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 7970M X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon HD 7970M X2 is a notebook one.

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