NVIDIA PG506-232: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started PG506-232 sales 12 April 2021. This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 7 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 24 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 2.4 GB/s are supplied, and together with 3072 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 933.1 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 8-pin EPS power connector is required, and power consumption is at 165 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about PG506-232: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 12 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Technical specs
PG506-232's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of PG506-232's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3584 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1440 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 322.6 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of PG506-232 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on PG506-232: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | HBM2 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 3072 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2.4 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 933.1 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on PG506-232. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by PG506-232, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| Shader Model | N/A | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 8.0 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to PG506-232 is Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary.
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