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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5670

13%
13%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

763%
763%
AMD Radeon R9 290X is approximately 750% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Redwood
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
400
2816
TMUsDifferent
20
176
ROPsDifferent
8
64
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
Redwood
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Redwood XT(215-0757002)
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
627 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
6.0M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
104 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-962
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Jan 14th, 2010
Oct 24th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5600)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
119 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
83 in our database
147 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU ClockDifferent
775 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
64.00 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
400
2816
TMUsDifferent
20
176
ROPsDifferent
8
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
5
44
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
6.200 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
15.50 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
620.0 GFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
168 mm6.6 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
20 mm0.8 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
64 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C020
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5670AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5

Comparison Summary

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