NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 6990

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Combined performance score

HD 6990
7.77

GeForce GTX 580 outperforms Radeon HD 6990 by 51% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking485373
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.558.17
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameAntillesGF110
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 March 2011 (13 years old)9 November 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $499
Current price$144 (0.2x MSRP)$14.89 (0x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 580 has 427% better value for money than HD 6990.

Technical specs

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 cores1536512
CUDA coresno data512
Core clock speed830 MHz772 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt244 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate79.6849.4 billion/sec
Floating-point performance2x 2,549.8 gflops1,581.1 gflops

Size and 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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length295 mm10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinOne 6-pin and One 8-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s192.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.2
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/A+
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6990 7.77
GTX 580 11.76
+51.4%

GeForce GTX 580 outperforms Radeon HD 6990 by 51% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6990 3013
GTX 580 4558
+51.3%

GeForce GTX 580 outperforms Radeon HD 6990 by 51% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 6990 5830
+17.3%
GTX 580 4970

Radeon HD 6990 outperforms GeForce GTX 580 by 17% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p35−40
−51.4%
53
+51.4%
Full HD60−65
−63.3%
98
+63.3%
1200p50−55
−56%
78
+56%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.77 11.76
Recency 8 March 2011 9 November 2010
Cost $699 $499
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 244 Watt

The GeForce GTX 580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990 in performance tests.


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