AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 5970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and ATI Radeon HD 5970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), 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 RX Vega 8 Mobile
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
- 30x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3213
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3213
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 24 November 2017 vs 18 November 2009 |
Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3213 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3213 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970
- 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 7.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
- 6.3x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 512
- 4.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 399
- Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 1527
- Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3454 vs 3157
- Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3454 vs 3157
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 725 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 1600 vs 512 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 1,126 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 vs 399 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2263 vs 1527 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3454 vs 3157 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3454 vs 3157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | ATI Radeon HD 5970 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 399 | 416 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1527 | 2263 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3157 | 3454 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3157 | 3454 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3213 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3213 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3977 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3977 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | ATI Radeon HD 5970 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 5.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Vega | Hemlock |
Launch date | 24 November 2017 | 18 November 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 665 | 605 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 725 MHz |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 725 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops | 2x 2,320.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 512 | 2x 1600 |
Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,500 million | 2,154 million |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 305 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 2x 128.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | |
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API support |
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DirectX | 11 | |
OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity |