AMD Radeon HD 5970
VLIW5 (Cypress x2)
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
3200
Shader Cores
64
ROPs
160
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
2 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
256 GB/s
Bandwidth
294 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Nov 18, 2009 | Price at Launch: | $699 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | VLIW5 (Cypress x2) |
| Generation: | Radeon HD 5000 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 2 GB | Total Board Power: | 294 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 3200 | TMUs: | 160 |
| ROPs: | 64 | L2 Cache: | 512 KB x2 |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 2 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 4 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 256-bit x2 |
| Bandwidth: | 256 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 0.725 GHz | FP32 Throughput: | 4.64 TFLOPs |
| Ray Tracing: | No | Process Size: | 40nm |
| Process Name: | TSMC 40nm | Die Size: | 334 mm² |
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 294 W | Power Connectors: | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 2.0 x16 | DisplayPort Support: | Mini-DP 1.1 |
| DSC: | No | Max Displays: | 3 |
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 11.2 | Shader Model: | 5.0 |
| OpenGL Version: | 4.4 | ||
As expected the Radeon HD 5970 is vastly superior to the GeForce GTX 295 in terms of performance beating it in every single test, at all tested resolutions. On average the Radeon HD 5970 was 53% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 at 2560x1600. Even...
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