Radeon HD 5970 vs Radeon Pro WX 4130

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon Pro WX 4130, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 5970 stacks up against Radeon Pro WX 4130, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro WX 4130 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro WX 4130 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 Radeon Pro WX 4130 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon Pro WX 4130
Power consumption (TDP) 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro WX 4130 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro WX 4130 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 4130 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 4130 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 4130 is 3000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 7−8
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 24−27 24−27
medium / 1080p 14−16 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 4130 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon Pro WX 4130
Architecture TeraScale 2 Polaris
Code name Hemlock Polaris
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 18 November 2009 1 March 2017
Pipelines 1600 640
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1053 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Laptop size medium sized
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