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
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ATI Radeon HD 5970: GPU Specs & Benchmarks