ATI FirePro V9800 vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V9800

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 2263
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 416

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 2263
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 416

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

3.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 1600
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1600 vs 1600
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

2263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

416

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	2263
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3213

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon HD 5970
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cypress	Hemlock
Launch date	9 September 2010	18 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$699
Place in performance rating	618	619
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1600	2x 1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	2,154 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity