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
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
416
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1527
2263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3213
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile ATI Radeon HD 5970
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

Essentials

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

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

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity