ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 10 month(s) later
- Around 32% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 11.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 800
- 5.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 2.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1776 MHz
- 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 720
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 vs 9 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz vs 550 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 1600 vs 800 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 1776 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2263 vs 720 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3213
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3213
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3213 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3213 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5970 | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2263 | 720 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 | 416 |
| 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 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3213 | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5970 | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Hemlock | M98 |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 | 9 January 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Place in performance rating | 605 | 607 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops | 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 2x 1600 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | 22 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | 956 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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 2x 128.0 GB / s | 56.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 1776 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI | ||
| 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer) | ||
| DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600 | ||
| HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio) | ||
| PCI-E 2.0 x16 | ||
| Powerplay | ||
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