GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 760 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 760 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 72% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 760.
  • GeForce GTX 760 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 760 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 760 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 760 is 255 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • GeForce GTX 760 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 296 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 760.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 1000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 760.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 24−27 10−12
ultra / 1080p 14−16 6−7
QHD / 1440p 9−10 1−2
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 45−50 24−27
medium / 1080p 30−35 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 760 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 136% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Hemlock
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 June 2013 18 November 2009
Pipelines 1152 1600
Core clock speed 980 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion/sec 58.00
Floating-point performance 2,378 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 305 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1152
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
3D Vision Live +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 83 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3.5 Mh/s
Blu Ray 3D +
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt
PhysX +
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