GeForce GTX 580M vs Radeon HD 6970M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580M |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6970M |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6970M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580M | | Radeon HD 6970M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (N12E-GTX2-A1) | vs | Blackcomb (Blackcomb XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 620 MHz | vs | 680 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580M | | Radeon HD 6970M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 750 MHz
3000 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580M | | Radeon HD 6970M | |
|---|
| TDP | 100 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Jun 2011 | vs | 4 Jan 2011 |
GeForce GTX 580M
9.92 GP/s
Radeon HD 6970M
21.76 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580M
39.70 GT/s
Radeon HD 6970M
32.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580M
96.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6970M
115.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580M
952.30 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6970M
1305.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better