GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Radeon HD 5970

Place in performance ranking	556	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.82	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Hemlock	GN21-X11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 November 2009 (14 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$69 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1600	9728
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	58.00	515.3
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 5970 and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 5970 5.91

RTX 4090 Mobile 54.60
+824%

GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 5970 by 824% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

ATI HD 5970 3690

RTX 4090 Mobile 46191
+1152%

GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 5970 by 1152% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	18−20 −867%	174 +867%
1440p	14−16 −857%	134 +857%
4K	8−9 −938%	83 +938%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18
−875%

156

+875%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −840%	90−95 +840%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −867%	170−180 +867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −950%	100−110 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −914%	142 +914%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −960%	100−110 +960%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −843%	130−140 +843%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −922%	180−190 +922%
Hitman 3	18−20 −833%	168 +833%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −911%	354 +911%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −850%	130−140 +850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −858%	110−120 +858%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −903%	401 +903%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −929%	144 +929%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −939%	187 +939%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −867%	170−180 +867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −950%	100−110 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −871%	136 +871%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −960%	100−110 +960%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −843%	130−140 +843%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −922%	180−190 +922%
Hitman 3	8−9 −938%	83 +938%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −846%	220−230 +846%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −943%	73 +943%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −858%	110−120 +858%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −868%	387 +868%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −885%	394 +885%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −883%	110−120 +883%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −900%	90−95 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −906%	161 +906%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −950%	100−110 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −942%	125 +942%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −960%	100−110 +960%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −922%	180−190 +922%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −917%	305 +917%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −828%	371 +828%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −871%	204 +871%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −900%	120 +900%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
−858%

110−120

+858%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −850%	110−120 +850%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −958%	120−130 +958%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −917%	60−65 +917%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −967%	128 +967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −867%	85−90 +867%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −850%	95 +850%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −850%	152 +850%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −917%	120−130 +917%
Hitman 3	14−16 −886%	138 +886%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −837%	253 +837%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −967%	128 +967%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −890%	297 +890%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −925%	164 +925%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −990%	109 +990%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−840%

90−95
+840%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1050%	45−50 +1050%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −975%	129 +975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −920%	102 +920%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −838%	150 +838%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −925%	40−45 +925%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −875%	78 +875%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −860%	48 +860%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −925%	80−85 +925%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −831%	149 +831%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −920%	102 +920%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −886%	69 +886%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−960%

50−55
+960%

This is how ATI HD 5970 and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 Mobile is 867% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 857% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 938% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.91	54.60
Recency	18 November 2009	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	150 Watt