P106 090 vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing P106 090 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 P106 090 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.
P106 090
Radeon HD 5970

Main Specs

  P106 090 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 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
 
  • Radeon HD 5970 has 292% more power consumption, than P106 090.
  • P106 090 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • P106 090 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • P106 090 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of P106 090 is 629 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • P106 090 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 55 mm longer, than P106 090.
  • Memory clock speed of P106 090 is 4008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 10−12
ultra / 1080p 9−10 6−7
QHD / 1440p 3−4 1−2
low / 720p 30−35 24−27
medium / 1080p 18−20 14−16
The average gaming FPS of P106 090 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  P106 090 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Pascal TeraScale 2
Code name GP106 Hemlock
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 31 July 2017 18 November 2009
Pipelines 768 1600
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1531 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 73.49 58.00
Floating-point performance 2,352 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 250 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1