AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970M and ATI Radeon HD 5970 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 7970M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3569 vs 2282
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 418
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5094 vs 3977
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3692 vs 3454
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 3213
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5094 vs 3977
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3692 vs 3454
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 3213
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3569 vs 2282
PassMark - G2D Mark 496 vs 418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5094 vs 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3692 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5094 vs 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3692 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

  • 3.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 1280
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1600 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,176 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3569
2282
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
496
418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5094
3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3692
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5094
3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3692
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3213
Name AMD Radeon HD 7970M ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G3D Mark 3569 2282
PassMark - G2D Mark 496 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5094 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3692 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5094 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3692 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3213
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7970M ATI Radeon HD 5970

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Wimbledon Hemlock
Launch date 24 April 2012 18 November 2009
Place in performance rating 615 616
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $699

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1280 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 305 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity