ATI Radeon HD 5970 videocard review

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Radeon HD 5970 videocard released by ATI; release date: 18 November 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $699. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Hemlock.

Core clock speed - 725 MHz. Boost clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 1600. Floating-point performance - 2x 2,320.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,154 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 300 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 128.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38730
2301
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
419
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3977 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3977.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36541
0
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3454 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3454.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3213 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3213.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2301
PassMark - G2D Mark 419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3977 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3977.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3454 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3454.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3213 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3213.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Hemlock
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 18 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 603
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity