AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Radeon HD 5870 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 188 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 2213
• Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 413
• Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3349 vs 1857

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

• Around 25% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 680 MHz
• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
• Around 67% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 960
• 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
• Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3600 MHz
• 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.789 vs 4.787
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 617.819
• Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.775 vs 0.927
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.496 vs 24.456
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 245.813 vs 117.801
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3671 vs 3229
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3671 vs 3229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2270 2213
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	656 413
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 1857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.787 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	617.819 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.927 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	24.456 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	117.801 245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3229 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3229 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 3349

Compare specifications (specs)