ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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 ATI Radeon HD 5670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 801 vs 323
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 291 vs 90
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 January 2010 vs 28 April 2008
Pipelines 400 vs 96
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 801 vs 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 291 vs 90

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2160 vs 2113
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2160 vs 2113
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 26.4 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2160 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2160 vs 2113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
801
323
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
291
90
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
2160
Name ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark 801 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 291 90
Geekbench - OpenCL 693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2113 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2113 2160
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Redwood G92
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 14 January 2010 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $119 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1427 1430
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1375 MHz
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 96
Stream Processors 400
Texture fill rate 15.5 GTexel / s 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
CUDA