ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1207	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.67	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G94	Juniper
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2008 (17 years ago)	13 October 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	800 ×2
Core clock speed	650 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	34.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.156 TFLOPS	1.36 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	16 ×2
TMUs	24	40 ×2
L1 Cache	no data	80 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	256 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	2-way	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2008	13 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm

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