Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon HD 5850

Radeon HD 6970
Radeon HD 5850
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
880MHz
1440 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
725MHz
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
2.09 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
151W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
Radeon HD 5000
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Cayman XT
Codename
Cypress
RV870
Variant
Cypress Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/15/2010
Release Date
9/30/2009
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
389 mm²
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Die Size
334 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.45M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1440 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
24 CUs
Compute Units
18 CUs
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880MHz
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725MHz
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
2.09 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.68 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.42 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
28.16 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
23.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
84.48 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
52.2 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
176GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
128GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
151W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.1
Model
UVD 2.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
126 mm (4.96 in)
Width
286 mm (11.26 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
280 mm (11.02 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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