GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 6550D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1162not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.13no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameSumoGF110
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 June 2011 (14 years ago)6 June 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores400512
Core clock speed600 MHz772 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt244 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0049.41
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS1.581 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs2064
L1 Cacheno data1 MB
L2 Cacheno data768 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1536 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1002 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 244 Watt

HD 6550D has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 275.4% lower power consumption.

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