GRID M10 8Q vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M10 8Q 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 GRID M10 8Q 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.
GRID M10 8Q
Radeon HD 5970

Main Specs

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 5970 has 30% more power consumption, than GRID M10 8Q.
  • GRID M10 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M10 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M10 8Q is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 308 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • GRID M10 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 38 mm longer, than GRID M10 8Q.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 1200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−12
ultra / 1080p 8−9 6−7
QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
low / 720p 27−30 24−27
medium / 1080p 16−18 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GRID M10 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Hemlock
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 18 May 2016 18 November 2009
Pipelines 640 1600
Core clock speed 1033 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 52.24 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 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