GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 5970 vs 780

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games

crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 6 more

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance

Passmark, 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill, 3DMark 11 Graphics and 2 more

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU

Passmark Direct Compute and CLBenchmark Raytrace

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load

TDP, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level, Idle Power Consumption and 1 more

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon HD 5970

Reasons to consider the
ATi Radeon HD 5970

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Is dual GPU Yes vs No About half of graphics cards are dual GPU
Better floating-point performance 4,640 GFLOPS vs 3,977 GFLOPS More than 15% better floating-point performance
More shading units 3,200 vs 2,304 896 more shading units
More render output processors 64 vs 48 16 more render output processors
Wider memory bus 512 bit vs 384 bit Around 35% wider memory bus
Front view of GeForce GTX 780

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

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Much better passmark score 8,055 vs 2,625 More than 3x better passmark score
Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score 42,870 vs 23,470 Around 85% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Significantly better 3DMark06 score 35,080 vs 21,630 More than 60% better 3DMark06 score
Much more energy-efficient idle power consumption 62W vs 138W 2.2x more energy-efficient idle power consumption
Higher clock speed 863 MHz vs 725 MHz Around 20% higher clock speed
Better 3DMark vantage texture fill score 147 vs 106.6 Around 40% better 3DMark vantage texture fill score
Better 3DMark 11 graphics score 14,020 vs 7,660 Around 85% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Significantly higher effective memory clock speed 6,008 MHz vs 4,000 MHz More than 50% higher effective memory clock speed
Much more energy-efficient load power consumption 250W vs 439W Around 45% more energy-efficient load power consumption
More memory 3,072 MB vs 2,048 MB 50% more memory
Much quieter load noise level 48.1 dB vs 58.9 dB Around 20% quieter load noise level
Much quieter idle noise level 38 dB vs 42.8 dB More than 10% quieter idle noise level
Higher texture rate 166.4 GTexel/s vs 116 GTexel/s Around 45% higher texture rate
Much better CLBenchmark raytrace score 252,908 vs 66,613 More than 3.8x better CLBenchmark raytrace score
Much better passmark direct compute score 3,991 vs 1,192 More than 3.2x better passmark direct compute score
Significantly higher memory clock speed 1,502 MHz vs 1,000 MHz More than 50% higher memory clock speed
Significantly higher battlefield 3 framerate 141 fps vs 80.6 fps Around 75% higher battlefield 3 framerate
Slightly higher memory bandwidth 288.4 GB/s vs 256 GB/s Around 15% higher memory bandwidth
Higher crysis: warhead framerate 71.4 fps vs 53.3 fps Around 35% higher crysis: warhead framerate
More texture mapping units 192 vs 160 32 more texture mapping units
Lower TDP 250W vs 294W Around 15% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 5970 vs GeForce GTX 780

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX performance

3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance

Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 780 @ community.futuremark.com

3DMark Vantage Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 10 GPU performance

Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 780 @ community.futuremark.com

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

CLBenchmark Raytrace Measures compute performance using OpenCL to do raytracing

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon HD 5970  vs GeForce GTX 780 

9.3
9.3
If you want to build the fastest rig money can buy then a HD 5970 CrossFire setup is what you need.
Radeon HD 5970

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