ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and ATI Radeon 2100 IGP 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 81% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 37.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 60
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 286
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 November 2009 vs 4 March 2008
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2263 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 vs 286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2263
60
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
416
286
Name ATI Radeon HD 5970 ATI Radeon 2100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 2263 60
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 286
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 Radeon 2100 IGP

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 R400
Code name Hemlock RS740
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 18 November 2009 4 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 605 608
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 120 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11 9.0b
OpenGL 4.4 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity