ATI Graphics Ultra + vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	659	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.32	no data
Power efficiency	1.44	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	no data
GPU code name	Hemlock	Mach32
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 November 2009 (16 years ago)	1 January 1992 (34 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	1600 ×2	no data
Core clock speed	725 MHz	10 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	58.00 ×2	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.32 TFLOPS ×2	no data
ROPs	32 ×2	1
TMUs	80 ×2	no data
L1 Cache	320 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

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	PCI
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
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	DRAM
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB ×2	1 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit ×2	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	10 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s ×2	80.0 MB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	None
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	None
OpenCL	1.2	None
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 November 2009	1 January 1992
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	800 nm