Radeon HD 5970 vs Radeon R7 M465

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon R7 M465. 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 Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon R7 M465. 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.

Radeon R7 M465 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M465 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 R7 M465 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon R7 M465
Power consumption (TDP) 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 5970 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M465 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R7 M465 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M465 - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 M465 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M465 is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M465 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon R7 M465 is 4000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 14−16 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Radeon R7 M465.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon R7 M465
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Hemlock Litho XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 18 November 2009 1 January 2017
Pipelines 1600 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 825 MHz
Boost Clock 960 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 27.00
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized
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