NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 5970 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 419
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 3213
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 3213
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2011 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed 736 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 447 vs 419
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3322 vs 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3322 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

  • 7.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 35.3 GTexel / s
  • 11.1x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 288
  • 5.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2301 vs 1572
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3977 vs 2879
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3977 vs 2879
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3454 vs 3372
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3454 vs 3372
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 35.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1600 vs 288
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2301 vs 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3977 vs 2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3977 vs 2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3454 vs 3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3454 vs 3372

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
447
419
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1572
2301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2879
3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2879
3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3372
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3372
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3213
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G2D Mark 447 419
PassMark - G3D Mark 1572 2301
Geekbench - OpenCL 27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2879 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2879 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3372 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3372 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3322 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3322 3213
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM ATI Radeon HD 5970

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Hemlock
Launch date 14 May 2011 18 November 2009
Place in performance rating 599 604
Type Desktop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $699

Technical info

Core clock speed 736 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 288 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 35.3 GTexel / s 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 91.9 GB / s 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity