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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5770

33%
33%

AMD Radeon HD 7970

339%
339%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 is approximately 306% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Juniper
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
800
2048
TMUsDifferent
40
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU NameDifferent
Juniper
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Juniper XT(215-0754013)
Tahiti XT(215-0821060)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,040 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
6.3M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
166 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-962
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Release DateDifferent
Oct 13th, 2009
Jan 9th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5700)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
159 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
142 in our database
191 in our database
AnnouncedDifferent
N/A
Dec 22nd, 2011

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU ClockDifferent
850 MHz
925 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1200 MHz4.8 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
76.80 GB/s
264.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Shading UnitsDifferent
800
2048
TMUsDifferent
40
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
10
32
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
256 KB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Pixel RateDifferent
13.60 GPixel/s
29.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
34.00 GTexel/s
118.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1,360.0 GFLOPS
3.789 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
947.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
208 mm8.2 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
108 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C010
109-C38637-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5770AMD Radeon HD 7970
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5 (5.1)

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