GeForce 930A vs Radeon HD 5970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930A and Radeon HD 5970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 930A stacks up against Radeon HD 5970, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 930A
Radeon HD 5970

Main Specs

  GeForce 930A Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 5970 has 790% more power consumption, than GeForce 930A.
  • GeForce 930A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 930A has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 930A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 930A is 203 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • GeForce 930A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 1998 MHz higher, than GeForce 930A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 10−12
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 5−6 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than GeForce 930A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 930A Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM108 Hemlock
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 18 November 2009
Pipelines 384 1600
Core clock speed 928 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 941 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 22.58 58.00
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0