GeForce GTX 670M vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 670M 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 670M 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 670M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 670M 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 GeForce GTX 670M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 670M Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 294 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 292% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 670M.
  • GeForce GTX 670M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 670M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • GeForce GTX 670M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5970 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 670M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 127 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 670M.
  • GeForce GTX 670M and Radeon HD 5970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 2500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 670M.

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 GeForce GTX 670M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 670M Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name N13E-GS1-LP Hemlock
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 18 November 2009
Pipelines 336 1600
Core clock speed 598 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion/sec 58.00
Floating-point performance 803.7 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 192bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 336
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 53 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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