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ATI Radeon HD 5970

Graphics processor

Graphics & compute benchmarks

Archived cohort medians

GFXBench, GLBenchmark and CompuBench results retain the tested system, API, operating system and resolution. Offscreen tests fix the render resolution; onscreen results also reflect the display workload. These historical submissions do not establish performance in current games.

Fill rate - Offscreen (1080p)Windows / DirectX / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · MTexels/s

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

26,120.44* MTexels/s

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

Fill rate - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · MTexels/s

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

8,772.68* MTexels/s

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD C24Z16 - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

59.89* fps

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD C24Z16 - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

59.80* fps

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Fixed Timestep - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · ms

Lower is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

9,375* ms

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

Triangle throughput: Textured - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · MTriangles/s

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

705.49* MTriangles/s

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

Triangle throughput: Textured, fragment lit - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · MTriangles/s

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

705.46* MTriangles/s

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

Triangle throughput: Textured, vertex lit - OnscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · MTriangles/s

Higher is better.

ATI Radeon HD 5970

705.48* MTriangles/s

ATI Radeon HD 5970

Host configuration not reported.

Median results, not the best run. Sample counts and individual test dates are unreported. Different systems using the same GPU remain separate configurations.

Processing & platform

Process node
40 nm*
Reported GPU frequency
725 MHz*
Reported chip die area
334 mm²*
Chip/package TDP
294 W*
Transistors
2,154 million*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 12 fields
Foundry
TSMC*
Vendor
ATI*
FP32 GFLOPS
2,320* GFLOPS
FP64 GFLOPS
464* GFLOPS
Product
ATI Radeon HD 5970*
Type
GPU*
Release Date
2009-11-18*
Process Size (nm)
40* nm
TDP (W)
294* W
Die Size (mm^2)
334* mm²
Transistors (million)
2,154*
Freq (MHz)
725* MHz

* Provisional data