ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 and AMD Radeon HD 7970M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

CypressGPU NameWimbledon
Cypress XT
(215-0735033)
Model numberWimbledon XT
(216-0836036)
TeraScale 2ArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size28 nm
2,154 millionTransistors2,800 million
334 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 11th, 2010Release DateApr 24th, 2012
Evergreen
(HD 5800)
FamilyLondon
(HD 7900M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R700PredecessorVancouver
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

2 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth153.6 GB/s

Performance

27.20 GPixel/sPixel fillrate27.20 GPixel/s
68.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate68.00 GTexel/s
2.720 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.176 TFLOPS
544.0 GFLOPS (1:5)FP64 (double) performance136.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective
850 MHzGPU Clock850 MHz

Render Config

1600Shading Units1280
80TMUs80
32ROPs32
20Compute Units20
8 KB (per CU)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
512 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthMXM Module
228 WThermal design power (TDP)100 W
6x mini-DisplayPortDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone
C004-37Board NumberC429

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.4OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL1.2
N/AVulkan1.2
5.0Shader Model5.1