ATI Radeon HD 5970 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Hemlock | GP108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Hemlock XT (215-0735075) | GP108-650-A1 (N17S-G1-A1) |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 1,800 million |
| Die size | 334 mm² | 74 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 18th, 2009 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 699 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 74 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | — |
| Successor | Northern Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 725 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 1502 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1469 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1532 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1600 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| SM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 23.20 GPixel/s | 24.51 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 58.00 GTexel/s | 36.77 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.320 TFLOPS | 1,177 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 464.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | 36.77 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 18.38 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 311 mm 12.2 inches | — |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| Height | 40 mm 1.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 294 W | 25 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | C000-37 | E2902 SKU 0 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | May 17th, 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce MX (1xx) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
