ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and ATI Radeon X1600 PRO 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).

ATI Radeon HD 5970

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
129x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 780 MHz
23.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2301 vs 99
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 419 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2009 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2301 vs 99
PassMark - G2D Mark	419 vs 273

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

7.3x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2301

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

273

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5970	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2301	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	419	273
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 X1600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Hemlock	RV530
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	18 November 2009	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$199
Place in performance rating	603	604
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 1600
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.0 GB / s	12.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	780 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity