NVIDIA P104-100 vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA P104-100

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 725 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 91% better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 2x 2,320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3695 vs 2282

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695 vs 2282

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 2560
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 1600 vs 2560
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

418

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

2282

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	ATI Radeon HD 5970
Geekbench - OpenCL	51497
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	418
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695	2282
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)

	NVIDIA P104-100	ATI Radeon HD 5970
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP104	Hemlock
Launch date	12 December 2017	18 November 2009
Place in performance rating	552	614
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 1600
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	7,200 million	2,154 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity