Radeon HD 5770 vs R7 265

Place in performance ranking	404	627
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.71	0.68
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Juniper
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	13 February 2014 (10 years ago)	13 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$159
Current price	$242 (1.6x MSRP)	$103 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 265 has 151% better value for money than ATI HD 5770.

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	1024	800
Core clock speed	no data	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	108 Watt
Texture fill rate	59.20	34.00
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	1,360.0 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	208 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	76.8 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

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:

900p	55−60 +129%	24 −129%
Full HD	100−110 +117%	46 −117%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.36	4.41
Recency	13 February 2014	13 October 2009
Cost	$149	$159
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	108 Watt