AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6970

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 332 MHz
354.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2834 vs 8
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 6 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2834 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

9.5x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 84.5 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 84.5 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2834

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

429

247

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	2834	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	429	247
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Rankine
Code name	Cayman	NV34 A1
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$369
Place in performance rating	697	700
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	48.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	880 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	550 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	45 million
Core clock speed		200 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR5	DDR
Memory bandwidth		2.656 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire