ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5970 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M 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 NVS 120M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
143.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
800x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
49x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2301 vs 47
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 419 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2009 vs 1 June 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1600 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2301 vs 47
PassMark - G2D Mark	419 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

30x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5970
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2301

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

274

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5970	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2301	47
PassMark - G2D Mark	419	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	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Hemlock	G72
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	18 November 2009	1 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	603	605
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 1600	4
Texture fill rate	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	112 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	MXM-III
Length	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II