NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs ATI FirePro V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and ATI FirePro V5700 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

ATI FirePro V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
5.2x more pipelines: 1664 vs 320
8.8x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
20.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9646 vs 465
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 469

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 8 August 2008
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 469

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5700

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 56 Watt vs 148 Watt
257.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	56 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9646

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

469

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI FirePro V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	469
Geekbench - OpenCL	27049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3622

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI FirePro V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV730
Launch date	19 September 2014	8 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$599
Place in performance rating	357	317
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	700 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	320
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	56 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround