Product Compare
ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Feb 2010 | May 2013 |
| Generation | Evergreen | Solar System |
| Type | Desktop | Mobile |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Memory Clock | 1000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Base Clock | 850 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 900 MHz | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 1024MB | 4GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 128.0GB/s | 153.6GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 14 | 20 |
| Shading Units | 1120 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 56 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 8 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 12.80 GPixel/s | 28.80 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 44.80 GTexel/s | 72.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 1.792 TFLOPS | 2.304 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 358.4 GFLOPS | 144.0 GFLOPS |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Cypress | Neptune |
| GPU Variant | Cypress LE(215-0735047) | Neptune XT(216-0847000) |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | GCN 1.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2.154 billion | 2.8 billion |
| Die Size | 334 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 175W | 100W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1 | No outputs |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |