GeForce 500 series
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The GeForce 500 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, as a refresh of the Fermi based GeForce 400 series. It was first released on November 9, 2010 with the GeForce GTX 580.
For GeForce cards with a model number of 5XX0, see GeForce FX series.
For AMD's RX-500 GPUs, see RX 500.
Quick Facts Release date, Codename ...
Release date | November 9, 2010; 13 years ago (November 9, 2010) |
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Codename | GF11x |
Architecture | Fermi |
Models | GeForce series
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Transistors | 292M 40 nm (GF119)
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Cards | |
Entry-level | GT 505 GT 510 GT 520 GT 530 |
Mid-range | GT 545 GTX 550 Ti GTX 560 GTX 560 Ti GTX 560-448 Ti |
High-end | GTX 570 GTX 580 |
Enthusiast | GTX 590 |
API support | |
DirectX | Direct3D 11.0 (feature level 11_0)[1] Shader Model 5.1 |
OpenCL | OpenCL 1.1 |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 |
History | |
Predecessor | GeForce 400 series |
Successor | GeForce 600 series |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
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Its direct competitor was AMD's Radeon HD 6000 series; they were launched approximately a month apart.