ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs Matrox Parhelia APVe

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and Matrox Parhelia APVe 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 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • 258x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 456.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2282 vs 5
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 274
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 November 2009 vs 14 June 2006
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2282 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 vs 274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: Matrox Parhelia APVe

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2282
5
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
274
Name ATI Radeon HD 5970 Matrox Parhelia APVe
PassMark - G3D Mark 2282 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 274
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 Matrox Parhelia APVe

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Parhelia
Code name Hemlock Parhelia-512
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 18 November 2009 14 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 615 618
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 250 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 80 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 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 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11 8.1
OpenGL 4.4 1.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 128.0 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity