ATI Radeon HD 5970: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The Radeon HD 5970 is a graphics card by ATI, built on the 40 nm process and based on the Hemlock graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

6360

3DMark Fire Strike

4374

3DMark Fire Strike Extreme

876

3DMark Fire Strike Ultra

326

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name

Hemlock

Model number

Hemlock XT
(215-0735075)

Architecture

TeraScale 2

Foundry

TSMC

Process Size

40 nm

Transistors

2,154 million

Die Size

334 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date

Nov 18th, 2009

Family

Evergreen
(HD 5900)

Production

End-of-life

Launch Price

699 USD

Predecessor

Radeon R700

Bus Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Memory Size

1024 MB x2

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bus

256 bit x2

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock

1000 MHz
4 Gbps effective

GPU Clock

725 MHz

Render Config

TMUs

80 x2

ROPs

32 x2

Board Design

Length

311 mm
12.2 inches

Width

111 mm
4.4 inches

Height

40 mm
1.6 inches

Thermal design power (TDP)

294 W

Suggested PSU

600 W

Display Connectors

2x DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort

Power Connectors

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Board Number

C000-37

API support

DirectX

11.2 (11_0)

OpenGL

4.4

OpenCL

1.2

Vulkan

N/A

Shader Model

5.0