ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs ATI FireGL V3100
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and ATI FireGL V3100 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 85% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 391 MHz
- 165x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.564 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
- 10.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 392 MHz
- 43.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2301 vs 53
- Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 419 vs 275
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 vs 1 September 2004 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz vs 391 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.564 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 110 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 128 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 392 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2301 vs 53 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 419 vs 275 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3100
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5970 | ATI FireGL V3100 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2301 | 53 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 419 | 275 |
| 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 Radeon HD 5970 | ATI FireGL V3100 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Rage 9 |
| Code name | Hemlock | RV370 |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 | 1 September 2004 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Place in performance rating | 603 | 606 |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 391 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Pipelines | 2x 1600 | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | 1.564 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | 107 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 9.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 2x 128.0 GB / s | 3.136 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 392 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
Technologies |
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