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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5830

87%
87%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

114%
114%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 is approximately 27% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Cypress
GT200
CoresDifferent
1120
240
TMUsDifferent
56
80
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU NameDifferent
Cypress
GT200
GPU VariantDifferent
Cypress LE(215-0735047)
G200-300-A2
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
65 nm
TransistorsDifferent
2,154 million
1,400 million
DensityDifferent
6.4M / mm²
2.4M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
334 mm²
576 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
BGA-2236

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Release DateDifferent
Feb 25th, 2010
Jun 16th, 2008
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5800)
GeForce 200
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
GeForce 9
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
GeForce 400
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
59 in our database
59 in our database
Launch PriceDifferent
N/A
649 USD

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU ClockDifferent
800 MHz
602 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
1107 MHz2.2 Gbps effective
Shader ClockDifferent
N/A
1296 MHz

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
128.0 GB/s
141.7 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Shading UnitsDifferent
1120
240
TMUsDifferent
56
80
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
14
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
256 KB
SM CountDifferent
N/A
30

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Pixel RateDifferent
12.80 GPixel/s
19.26 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
44.80 GTexel/s
48.16 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1.792 TFLOPS
622.1 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
358.4 GFLOPS (1:5)
77.76 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
280 mm11 inches
267 mm10.5 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
37 mm1.5 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
175 W
236 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
2x DVI1x S-Video
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C00137-20
P651 SKU 0

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
3.3
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
4.0
CUDADifferent
N/A
1.3

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