NVS 810 vs Radeon HD 5970

In this comparison between NVS 810 and Radeon HD 5970 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people NVS 810 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 5970 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
Radeon HD 5970

Main Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 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 8x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 332% more power consumption, than NVS 810.
  • NVS 810 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • NVS 810 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 810 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 810 is 177 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • NVS 810 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 107 mm longer, than NVS 810.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 2200 MHz higher, than NVS 810.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 10−12
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 12−14 24−27
medium / 1080p 4−5 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 180% more, than NVS 810.

Full Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Hemlock
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 4 November 2015 18 November 2009
Pipelines 512 1600
Core clock speed 902 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 33.06 58.00
Floating-point performance 2x 1,058 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 198 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 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
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