Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs Radeon HD 7970 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 |
| 272 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 X2 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7970 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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| GPU Name | Cypress (Cypress XT) | vs | New Zealand () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 334 mm² | vs | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,154 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1600 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 228 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Mar 2010 | vs | 31 Aug 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better