AMD R7 M465X vs ATI HD 5970

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 5970
5.94
+41.8%

HD 5970 outperforms R7 M465X by 42% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking552642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.82no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameHemlockTropo
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 November 2009 (14 years old)15 May 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data
Current price$69 (0.1x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores1600512
Core clock speed725 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)294 Wattno data
Texture fill rate58.0029.60
Floating-point performance2x 2,320.0 gflops947.2 gflops

Size and 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

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s72 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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-DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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 5.94
+41.8%
R7 M465X 4.19

HD 5970 outperforms R7 M465X by 42% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 5970 2301
+41.8%
R7 M465X 1623

HD 5970 outperforms R7 M465X by 42% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.94 4.19
Recency 18 November 2009 15 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The Radeon HD 5970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M465X in performance tests.


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