NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5970

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5970.

427
Place in performance rating
447
Maxwell
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GM107
Code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
18 November 2009 (12 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$243
Price now
$69 (0.1x MSRP)
4.55
Value for money
0.82
GM107
GPU code name
Hemlock
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5970 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

640
Pipelines
1600
1029 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,870 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
294 Watt
43.40
Texture fill rate
58.00
1,389 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 2,320.0 gflops
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1600
1085 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,870 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
294 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
305 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs ATI Radeon HD 5970.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
80.19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs ATI Radeon HD 5970.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A or ATI Radeon HD 5970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
ATI Radeon HD 5970
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

0.040000000000001% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 294 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5970

Cheaper ($69 (0.1x MSRP) vs $243)

More pipelines (1600 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 80.19 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A versus ATI Radeon HD 5970 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
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