AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970 and ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 2.1x more boost clock speed: 880 MHz vs 425 MHz
- 16.6x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
- 128x more pipelines: 1536 vs 12
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 950 MHz
- 62.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2832 vs 45
- Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 428 vs 248
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 14 December 2010 vs 1 February 2006 |
Boost clock speed | 880 MHz vs 425 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 84.5 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1536 vs 12 |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz vs 950 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2832 vs 45 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 428 vs 248 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2832 | 45 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 428 | 248 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 35739 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.676 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 920.398 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.835 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.219 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 273.175 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5372 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5372 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6970 | ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 3 | R500 |
Code name | Cayman | M56 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch date | 14 December 2010 | 1 February 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $369 | |
Place in performance rating | 695 | 697 |
Price now | $94.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
Value for money (0-100) | 48.01 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 880 MHz | 425 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,703.4 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 1536 | 12 |
Texture fill rate | 84.5 GTexel / s | 5.1 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 550 Watt | |
Transistor count | 2,640 million | 157 million |
Core clock speed | 425 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 475 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 950 MHz |
Memory type | DDR5 | 128 |
Memory bandwidth | 15.2 GB / s | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
Powerplay 6.0 |