ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Full Specs

Summary

3,200 Shaders 725MHz	4,096 Shaders 2.97GHz
2GB GDDR5256GB/s	16GB GDDR6640GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.64 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 48.66 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 294W	TDP 304W
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 2x 8-Pin -

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

Radeon HD 59704.64 TFLOPSFP32 (2x 2.32 TFLOPS)

x1

Radeon RX 9070 XT1.56 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x335.59

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed725MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2970MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 4.64 TFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 1.56 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 194.6 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 389.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 194.6 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 389.3 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 97.32 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 194.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 97.32 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 194.6 TFLOPS
-	BF16 97.32 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 97.32 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 194.6 TFLOPS
FP32 4.64 TFLOPS	FP32 48.66 TFLOPS
FP64 928 GFLOPS	FP64 1.52 TFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 778.6 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 389.3 TOPS
Pixel Rate 23.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 380.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 58 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 760.3 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,200 Shaders	Shaders 4,096 Shaders
TMUs 160 TMUs	TMUs 256 TMUs
ROPs 64 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 128 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 64 RT-Cores
CUs 40 CUs	CUs 64 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.4GHz
Boost Clock 725MHz	Boost Clock 2.97GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 512KB shared	L2 Cache 8.2MB shared
L3 Cache -	L3 Cache 64MB shared
L3 Bandwidth -	L3 Bandwidth 2.25TB/s

Memory

2GB GDDR5	16GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 256-bit	Memory Bus 256-bit
Memory Speed 4GT/s	Memory Speed 20GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 256GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 640GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 294W

TDP 304W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 2.1
1x Mini DisplayPort 1.1	-
-	1x HDMI 2.1
2x DVI-I Dual-Link	-

Encoder

-	Encoder Model VCN 4.0

Decoder

Decoder Model UVD 2.2

Decoder Model VCN 4.0

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 2-Slots	PCIe 2.5-Slots
Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 311 mm (12.24") Depth 37 mm (1.46")	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 267 mm (10.51") Depth 50 mm (1.97")
Cooling Blower 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air 3x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 2x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer ATI	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer ATI	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture TeraScale 2	Architecture RDNA 4
Family Radeon HD 5000	Family Radeon RX 9000
Branding	Branding
Codename Cypress	Codename -
Chip Variant Cypress LE	Chip Variant Navi 48 XL
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Nov 18, 2009	Release Date Jan 6, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 40nm	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 334mm²	Die Size 357mm²
Transistor Count 2.2 Billion	Transistor Count 53.9 Billion
Transistor Density 6.45 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 151.2 MTr/mm²

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