GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 v2 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 GeForce GTX 460 v2 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.
GeForce GTX 460 v2
Radeon HD 5970

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 5970 has 83% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5970 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 54 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 95 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 8 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 21−24 24−27
medium / 1080p 12−14 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Hemlock
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 September 2011 18 November 2009
Pipelines 336 1600
Core clock speed 779 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.62 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 210 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.19 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 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
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