Radeon SDR vs HD 5970

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	556	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.82	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Hemlock	Rage 6
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 November 2009 (14 years ago)	1 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$69 (0.1x MSRP)	$42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	no data
Core clock speed	725 MHz	166 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	58.00	1
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops	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	AGP 4x
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 November 2009	1 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	23 Watt

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