ATI Radeon HD 5770 vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 and ATI Radeon X1950 XT 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.

ATI Radeon HD 5770

ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 625 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	13 October 2009 vs 17 October 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 108 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770	ATI Radeon X1950 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1345
PassMark - G2D Mark	335
Geekbench - OpenCL	10495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	459.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	48.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2799
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770	ATI Radeon X1950 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Juniper	R580+
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	13 October 2009	17 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1094	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity