What is the best graphics card for folding?

Written by James Gorbold

August 5, 2010 | 11:16

Tags: #cuda #distributed-computing #folding #foldinghome #geforce #gpgpu #graphics-cards #opencl #radeon

Companies: #ati #bit-tech #nvidia

What is the fastest graphics card for folding?

Modern graphics cards not only cost a fair amount to start with, they also draw a lot of power. Therefore, on this page you'll find two graphs. The first shows the cost effectiveness of each card; calculated by dividing its ppd, shown previously, by the typical street price of the card.

Folding cost efficiency

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 465
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770
  • ATI Radeon HD 5830
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850
  • ATI Radeon HD 5970
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870
  • 55.9
  • 53.4
  • 46.8
  • 45.1
  • 36.6
  • 20.1
  • 16.9
  • 15.2
  • 15.0
  • 12.2
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Points per £ (higher is better)

We’ve also calculated how power efficiency each card is by dividing its ppd by the total power consumption of our test rig.

Folding power efficiency

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 465
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
  • ATI Radeon HD 5970
  • Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870
  • ATI Radeon HD 5830
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770
  • 46.2
  • 43.8
  • 43.1
  • 40.6
  • 40.3
  • 37.0
  • 33.5
  • 29.1
  • 27.9
  • 26.7
  • 25.3
  • 22.8
  • 20.3
  • 15.5
  • 15.5
  • 14.3
  • 13.0
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Points per watt (higher is better)

For analysis of these results read the Conclusion.
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