graphics processing unit (gpu)
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Graphics processing unit (GPU)
Prepared by: Ocirne Jun-Jun S. Liwanag
What is GPU? A graphics processing unit or GPU (also occasionally
called visual processing unit or VPU) is a specialized microprocessor that offloads and accelerates graphics rendering from the central (micro-)processor.
It is used in embedded systems, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating computer graphics, and their highly parallel structure makes them more effective than general-purpose CPUs for a range of complex algorithms.
In a personal computer, a GPU can be present on a video card, or it can be on the motherboard.
Current Top Ten List #1 GeForce GTX 580
#2 GeForce GTX 480#3 Quadro 6000#4 GeForce GTX 570#5 GeForce GTX 470#6 Radeon HD 6870#7 Radeon HD 6850#8 Radeon HD 5870#9 WinFast GTX 460#10 Radeon HD 5970
Last updated on the 14th of December 2010
GeForce GTX 580 GPU Engine Specs: CUDA Cores 512 Graphics Clock (MHz) 772
MHz Processor Clock (MHz) 1544 MHz Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 49.4
Memory Specs: Memory Clock (MHz) 2004 Standard Memory
Config 1536 MB GDDR5 Memory Interface Width 384-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 192.4
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 480 GPU Engine Specs: CUDA Cores480Graphics Clock
(MHz)700 MHzProcessor Clock (MHz)1401 MHzTexture Fill Rate (billion/sec)42
Memory Specs: Memory Clock (MHz)1848 Standard Memory
Config1536 MB GDDR5Memory Interface Width384-bitMemory Bandwidth (GB/sec)177.4
GeForce GTX 480
Quadro 6000 GPU Specs: NVIDIA Quadro GPUQuadro 6000CUDA
Cores448Form Factor4.376” H x 9.75” L / Dual Slot
GPU Memory Specs: Total Frame Buffer6 GB GDDR5Memory
Interface384-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)144 GB/s
Quadro 6000
GeForce GTX 570 GPU Engine Specs: CUDA Cores 480 Graphics Clock (MHz) 732
Processor Clock (MHz) 1464 Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 43.9
Memory Specs: Memory Clock (MHz) 1900 Standard Memory
Config 1280 MB GDDR5 Memory Interface Width 320-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 152.0
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 470 GPU Engine Specs: CUDA Cores448Graphics Clock
(MHz)607 MHzProcessor Clock (MHz)1215 MHzTexture Fill Rate (billion/sec)34.0
Memory Specs: Memory Clock (MHz)1674 Standard Memory
Config1280 MB GDDR5Memory Interface Width320-bitMemory Bandwidth (GB/sec)133.9
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 6870 900MHz Engine Clock 1GB GDDR5 Memory
1050MHz Memory Clock (GDDR5) 134.4 Gbps memory bandwidth (maximum)
Radeon HD 6870
Radeon HD 6850 775MHz Engine Clock 1GB GDDR5 Memory
1000MHz Memory Clock (GDDR5) 128 Gbps memory bandwidth (maximum)
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 5870 2.15 billion 40nm transistors TeraScale 2
Unified Processing Architecture 1600 Stream Processing Units
80 Texture Units 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units 32 Color ROP Units GDDR5 interface with 153.6 GB/sec of
memory bandwidth
Radeon HD 5870
WinFast GTX 460 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Bus
PCI Express 2.0 Memory size 1024MB GDDR5 GPU/Memory clock 725/1800MHz
Memory data rate 3600MHz Output Dual-Link DVI x 2+Mini HDMI Memory Interface 256-bit Data bandwidth( GB/sec.) 115.2
WinFast GTX 460
Radeon HD 5970 Dual GPUs with a total of 4.3 billion 40nm
transistors TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture 3200 Stream Processing Units
160 Texture Units 256 Z/Stencil ROP Units 64 Color ROP Units GDDR5 memory interface
Radeon HD 5970
References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-580-us.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_480_us.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-6000-us.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-570-us.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_470_us.html http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-
hd-6000/hd-6870/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6870-overview.aspx http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-
hd-6000/hd-6850/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6850-overview.aspx#2 http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-
hd-5000/hd-5870/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5870-overview.aspx
References(2) http://www.leadtek.com/eng/3d_graphic/specification.asp?
pronameid=568&lineid=1&act=2 http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-
radeon-hd-5000/hd-5970/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5970-overview.aspx