Radeon HD 7670 OEM vs GeForce GTX 580
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 406 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.04 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.36 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | Turks |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 November 2010 (14 years ago) | 5 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 512 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 772 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 244 Watt | 66 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 49.41 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.581 TFLOPS | 0.768 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 24 |
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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 145 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2004 MHz (4008 data rate) | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.4 GB/s | 64 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 Connectors | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 November 2010 | 5 January 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 244 Watt | 66 Watt |
GTX 580 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 7670 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 269.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 580 and Radeon HD 7670 OEM. 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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