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Radeon HD 5970

Price and performance details for the Radeon HD 5970 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon HD 5970

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.1 x16

Max Memory Size: 2048 MB

Core Clock(s): 725,725 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1000,1000 MHz

DirectX: 11

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 294 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: ATI Radeon HD 5970

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-08-11

G3DMark/Price: 3.18

Overall Rank:  857

Last Price Change:  $721.2 USD (2024-09-20)

Average G3D Mark
2297

Average G2D Mark: 420
Samples: 535

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon HD 5970

DirectX 962 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1014 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1117 Frames/Sec
DirectX 120 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute890 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 14th of November 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon HD 5970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of July 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,077
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,172
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,314
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,550
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,780
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,113
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,870
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,347
Radeon HD 5970
 		2,297
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.17
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 59.93
GeForce RTX 2060
 59.35
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 36.89
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.78
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 25.63
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.03
GeForce RTX 3070
 11.94
Radeon HD 5970
 		3.18
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon HD 5970
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL2601214 - May 04 2025
2638
BL2326591 - Jan 07 2025
1736
BL2123458 - Jun 14 2024
1763
BL1988602 - Jan 05 2024
2132
BL1818446 - May 14 2023
2213
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Popular comparisons for Radeon HD 5970
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon HD 5970
 		2,297
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon HD 5970
 42,247 (+1739.6%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon HD 5970
 42,223 (+1738.5%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 5970
 38,920 (+1594.7%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 5970
 38,128 (+1560.2%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 5970
 35,951 (+1465.4%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon HD 5970
 35,915 (+1463.9%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon HD 5970
 35,687 (+1453.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon HD 5970
 34,462 (+1400.6%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 5970
 34,235 (+1390.7%)
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs Radeon HD 5970
 32,613 (+1320.1%)
Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Radeon HD 5970
 31,918 (+1289.8%)
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