Product comparison · 2 gpus

ASUS ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 vs MSI R6870 TWINFROZRII

24specifications compared
17differ
7identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

Graphics processor family
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:NVIDIA
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:AMD
Graphics processor
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:GeForce GTX 580
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:Radeon HD6870
Maximum resolution
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:2560 x 1600 pixels
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:1920 x 1200 pixels
CUDA
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:Yes
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:No
Processor frequency
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:782 MHz
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:900 MHz
Parallel processing technology support
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:2-Way SLI
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:Not supported
Discrete graphics card memory
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:1.5 GB
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:1 GB
Memory bus
- ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580:384 bit
- R6870 TWINFROZRII:256 bit

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Comparison of ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5, R6870 TWINFROZRII
35 specifications	A ASUS ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Model ENGTX580DCII/1536MD5 View product	B MSI R6870 TWINFROZRII View product
Processor6 differ
Graphics processor familyDiffers	NVIDIA	AMD
Graphics processorDiffers	GeForce GTX 580	Radeon HD6870
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2560 x 1600 pixels	1920 x 1200 pixels
CUDADiffers	Yes	No
Processor frequencyDiffers	782 MHz	900 MHz
Graphics card RAMDACKnown for one	400 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum analog resolutionKnown for one	2048 x 1536 pixels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum digital resolutionKnown for one	2560 x 1600 pixels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel processing technology supportDiffers	2-Way SLI	Not supported
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	1.5 GB	1 GB
Memory busDiffers	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	4008 MHz	4200 MHz
Ports & interfaces5 differ
Interface typeDiffers	PCI Express 2.0	PCI Express 2.1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-I ports quantityDiffers	2	1
DisplayPorts quantityDiffers	1	0
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Performance1 differ
PhysXDiffers	Yes	No
NVIDIA 3D VisionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Shader model versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.0
OpenGL versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.0
Dual Link DVIKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Designidentical
Number of slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
LengthDiffers	292.1 mm	245 mm
HeightDiffers	127 mm	115 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	35 mm
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source

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