FirePro W5130M vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5130M and Radeon HD 5970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W5130M and Radeon HD 5970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

FirePro W5130M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro W5130M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro W5130M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W5130M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W5130M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • FirePro W5130M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5970 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5130M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • FirePro W5130M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5130M and Radeon HD 5970 is 4000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 10−12
ultra / 1080p 5−6 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 18−20 24−27
medium / 1080p 10−11 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than FirePro W5130M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon HD 5970
Architecture GCN TeraScale 2
Code name Tropo Hemlock
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 18 November 2009
Pipelines 512 1600
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 29.60 58.00
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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