NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

427
Place in performance rating
447
Maxwell
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GM107
Code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
18 November 2009 (12 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$243
Price now
$69 (0.1x MSRP)
4.55
Value for money
0.82
GM107
GPU code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
1600
1029 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,870 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
294 Watt
43.40
Texture fill rate
58.00
1,389 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 2,320.0 gflops
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1600
1085 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,870 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
294 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
305 mm
no data
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
80.19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970, the size and number of monitors.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A or ATI Radeon HD 5970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

0.040000000000001% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 294 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5970

Cheaper ($69 (0.1x MSRP) vs $243)

More pipelines (1600 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 80.19 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A versus ATI Radeon HD 5970 performance benchmarks comparison

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