ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 350 MHz
92.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 550 MHz
66.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 34
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 276

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2009 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 276

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

276

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5970	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	276
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Hemlock	NV38 A1
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	18 November 2009	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$599
Place in performance rating	619	614
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2x 1600
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	135 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	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.0 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity