Radeon HD 5970 vs Radeon R7 A360

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon R7 A360. 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 A360. 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 HD 5970
Radeon R7 A360

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon R7 A360
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 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 5970 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A360 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon R7 A360 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 A360 - with GCN 3.0.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 A360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 3997 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 1−2
medium / 1080p 14−16 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than Radeon R7 A360.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5970 Radeon R7 A360
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 3.0
Code name Hemlock Meso
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 18 November 2009 5 May 2015
Pipelines 1600 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 23.52
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 3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2