AMD Cypress
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Cypress
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
447
TeraScale 2
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Cypress
Code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
18 November 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$12.72
Price now
$69 (0.1x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.82
Cypress
GPU code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1600
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Core clock speed
725 MHz
2,154 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
294 Watt
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Texture fill rate
58.00
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Floating-point performance
2x 2,320.0 gflops
1600
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1600
2,154 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
294 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
305 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cypress and ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cypress or ATI Radeon HD 5970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cypress
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cypress
ATI Radeon HD 5970
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cypress
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cypress
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cypress
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cypress

Cheaper ($12.72 vs $69 (0.1x MSRP))

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5970

11.09% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Cypress or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 5970 .

AMD Cypress versus ATI Radeon HD 5970 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cypress
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon HD 5970