Radeon RX 6700 XT vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

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Radeon RX 6400 Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 XT Radeon RX 6650 XT Radeon RX 6700 Radeon RX 6700 XT Radeon RX 6750 GRE Radeon RX 6750 GRE 10 GB Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB Radeon RX 6750 XT Radeon RX 6800 XT

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GTX 580 Rev. 2 GTX 580 Rev. 2
RX 6700 XT RX 6700 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated50
Place by popularitynot in top-10081
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data57.84
Power efficiencyno data15.62
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF110Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 June 2011 (13 years ago)3 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $479

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores5122560
Core clock speed772 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2581 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)244 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate49.41413.0
Floating-point processing power1.581 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs64160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.4 GB/s384.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 6 June 2011 3 March 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 244 Watt 230 Watt

RX 6700 XT has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 6.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 6700 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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