AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
6.2x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
9.9x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	22 December 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165

8.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
Geekbench - OpenCL	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1390.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2276
PassMark - G3D Mark		284
PassMark - G2D Mark		362

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M96
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 December 2011	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	464	465
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	514 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	(G)DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync