Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs ATI HD 5970

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking587not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.34no data
Power efficiency1.40no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameHemlockVega 10
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 November 2009 (15 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores16003584
Core clock speed725 MHz1138 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1301 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)294 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate58.00291.4
Floating-point processing power2.32 TFLOPS9.326 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80224

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s409.6 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 November 2009 1 June 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 294 Watt 120 Watt

RX Vega 56 Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 145% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5970 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile is a notebook one.


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