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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5770

48%
48%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

209%
209%
AMD Radeon HD 6970 is approximately 161% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Juniper
Cayman
CoresDifferent
800
1536
TMUsDifferent
40
96
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Juniper
Cayman
GPU VariantDifferent
Juniper XT(215-0754013)
Cayman XT(215-0807007)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,040 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
6.3M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
166 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-962
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Release DateDifferent
Oct 13th, 2009
Dec 14th, 2010
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5700)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
159 USD
369 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
142 in our database
80 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU ClockDifferent
850 MHz
880 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1200 MHz4.8 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
76.80 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
800
1536
TMUsDifferent
40
96
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
10
24
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
13.60 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
34.00 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1,360.0 GFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
208 mm8.2 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
TDPDifferent
108 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C010
109-C20047-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
42 mm1.7 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 6970
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Shader Model
5.0
5.0

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