Product comparison · 2 gpus

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0 vs MSI N580GTX LIGHTNING XE

25specifications compared
13differ
12identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

Graphics processor family
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:AMD
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:NVIDIA
Graphics processor
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:Radeon HD6970
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:GeForce GTX 580
CUDA
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:No
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:Yes
Processor frequency
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:880 MHz
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:832 MHz
Discrete graphics card memory
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:2 GB
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:3 GB
Memory bus
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:256 bit
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:384 bit
Memory clock speed
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:5500 MHz
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:4200 MHz
PhysX
- Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0:No
- N580GTX LIGHTNING XE:Yes

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Comparison of Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0, N580GTX LIGHTNING XE
42 specifications	A GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6970 2GB DDR5 Rev. 2.0 View product	B MSI N580GTX LIGHTNING XE View product
Processor4 differ
Graphics processor familyDiffers	AMD	NVIDIA
Graphics processorDiffers	Radeon HD6970	GeForce GTX 580
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	2560 x 1600 pixels	Unknown — not stated by the source
CUDADiffers	No	Yes
Processor frequencyDiffers	880 MHz	832 MHz
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
Shader clockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1664 MHz
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Not supported
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	2 GB	3 GB
Graphics card memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory busDiffers	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	5500 MHz	4200 MHz
Ports & interfacesidentical
Interface typeKnown for one	PCI Express 2.1	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantity	1	1
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DisplayPorts quantity	1	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0	0
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Performance3 differ
PhysXDiffers	No	Yes
TV tuner integrated	No	No
DirectX version	11	11
Shader model versionKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
OpenGL versionDiffers	4.1	4.0
HDCP	Yes	Yes
Dual Link DVIDiffers	Yes	No
NVIDIA 3D VisionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Full HDKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Designidentical
Cooling type	Active	Active
Bracket height	Full-Height (FH)	Full-Height (FH)
Form factor	Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)	Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)
CertificationKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Minimum system power supplyKnown for one	550 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	260 W
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
LengthDiffers	290 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	38 mm	45 mm
HeightDiffers	126 mm	127 mm
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
HDMI	Yes	Yes
Motherboard form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATX

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