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AMD logo Radeon HD 5970
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460

AMD Radeon HD 5970 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo
General information Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 460
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 768 MB 62.5 %
Core Clock 850 MHz 0 % 675 MHz 20.6 %
Effective Clock 1000 MHz 75.3 % 4050 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 294 W 0 % 150 W 49 %
Length 304 mm 0 % 292 mm 3.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 460
Overall Score 24373 0 % 24170 0.8 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5940 0 % 5842 1.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 419.4 0 % 381.7 9 %
Average DirectX performance 23 FPS 0 % 21.4 FPS 7 %
DirectX 9 performance 61.1 FPS 0 % 50.5 FPS 17.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 13.9 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 27.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 16.9 FPS 0.6 % 17 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS 100 % 8 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 2993.9 operations/s 0 % 985.9 operations/s 67.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 5970, GeForce GTX 460.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 46.3 FPS 45.8 FPS
High settings 83.3 FPS 82.4 FPS
Medium settings 100.0 FPS 98.8 FPS
Low settings 140.0 FPS 138.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 5970, GeForce GTX 460.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 5970 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 39.9 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 71.7 FPS 71.1 FPS
Medium settings 86.1 FPS 85.3 FPS
Low settings 120.5 FPS 119.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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