AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
• Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 930 MHz vs 725 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3213
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

• 8.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 29.76 GTexel / s
• 6.3x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 512
• 4.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 388
• Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2282 vs 1420
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3977 vs 3112
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3977 vs 3112
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3454 vs 3168
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3454 vs 3168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	388 418
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1420 2282
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3112 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3112 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3168 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3168 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3213

Compare specifications (specs)