ATI Radeon HD 5970
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

447
Place in performance rating
973
TeraScale 2
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Hemlock
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 November 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2012 (9 years ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$69 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$12.99
0.82
Value for money
0.56
Hemlock
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1600
Pipelines
160
725 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
2,154 million
Transistor count
370 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
294 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
58.00
Texture fill rate
5.000
2x 2,320.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
1600
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
2,154 million
Number of transistors
370 million
294 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
305 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data

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 ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
128.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A. 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 ATI Radeon HD 5970 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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 ATI Radeon HD 5970 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5970
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
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 ATI Radeon HD 5970

9.79% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1600 vs 160)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Cheaper ($12.99 vs $69 (0.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 294 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

So, ATI Radeon HD 5970 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A?

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

ATI Radeon HD 5970 versus AMD Radeon HD 7450A performance benchmarks comparison

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