GV10B vs Radeon HD 2900 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking888not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameR600GV10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2007 (17 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current priceno data$4.10

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320512
Core clock speed743 MHzno data
Number of transistors720 million9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Wattno data
Texture fill rate11.89no data
Floating-point performance475.5 gflopsno data

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 1.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width512 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1656 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth106.0 GB/sno data

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 S-Videono data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

PureVideo HDno dataVP9

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.0
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data7.2

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 80 nm 12 nm

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