GeForce 9200 vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 5970 and GeForce 9200, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 5970
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 294 Watt
5.48
+1270%

ATI HD 5970 outperforms 9200 by a whopping 1270% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6321300
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.31no data
Power efficiency1.420.76
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameHemlockC79
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 November 2009 (15 years ago)17 April 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores1600 ×216
Core clock speed725 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)294 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate58.00 ×23.600
Floating-point processing power2.32 TFLOPS ×20.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs32 ×24
TMUs80 ×28

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GB ×2System Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit ×2System Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s ×2no data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI HD 5970 5.48
+1270%
GeForce 9200 0.40

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5970 2296
+1267%
GeForce 9200 168

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.48 0.40
Recency 18 November 2009 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 294 Watt 40 Watt

ATI HD 5970 has a 1270% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9200, on the other hand, has 635% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5970 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9200 in performance tests.

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