ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- 21.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.81 GTexel / s
- 100x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 32
- 39.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 117.5 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
- 4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1008 MHz
- 13.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 166
- 8.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 51
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3213 vs 1731
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3213 vs 1731
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 vs 10 March 2009 |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.81 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 1600 vs 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 1008 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2263 vs 166 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 vs 51 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3213 vs 1731 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3213 vs 1731 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 725 MHz
- 6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 3454
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 3454
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3689 vs 3454 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3689 vs 3454 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5970 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2263 | 166 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 | 51 |
| 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 | 3689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3454 | 3689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3213 | 1731 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3213 | 1731 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 179.899 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1813.265 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.817 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.948 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 757.451 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5970 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Code name | Hemlock | G96C |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 18 November 2009 | 10 March 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Place in performance rating | 605 | 606 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 738 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,320.0 gflops | 117.5 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 2x 1600 | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | 11.81 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | 314 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | 168 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 2x 128.0 GB / s | 16.13 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
Technologies |
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