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PowerColor HD 5970 LCS

  • AX5970-2GBD5-WMD
Graphics Processor
Hemlock x2
Cores
1600 x2
TMUs
80 x2
ROPs
32 x2
Memory Size
1024 MB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit x2
GPU Chip
GPU

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Hemlock
GPU Variant
Hemlock XT
(215-0735075)
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
2,154 million
Density
6.4M / mm²
Die Size
334 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Nov 18th, 2009
Jan 5th, 2010
Generation
Evergreen
(HD 5900)
Predecessor
Radeon R700
Successor
Northern Islands
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
725 MHz
750 MHz (+3%)
Memory Clock
1000 MHz
1050 MHz (+5%)
4 Gbps effective
4.2 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
134.4 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1600
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
Compute Units
20
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
23.20 GPixel/s
24.00 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
58.00 GTexel/s
60.00 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.320 TFLOPS
2.400 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
464.0 GFLOPS
480.0 GFLOPS (1:5)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
TDP
294 W
Suggested PSU
600 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board Number
109-C00037-00

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0

Hemlock GPU Notes

Generation: Evergreen
Desktop Variant: Cypress
Mobile Variant: Lexington
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 4.0
Unified Video Decoder: 2.3

Other retail boards based on this design (10)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
850 MHz 1200 MHz 2 GB, 279 mm/11 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
725 MHz 1000 MHz
725 MHz 1000 MHz
PowerColor HD 5970 LCS
750 MHz 1050 MHz
725 MHz 1000 MHz
850 MHz 1200 MHz 2 GB, 310 mm/12.2 inches
735 MHz 1010 MHz
900 MHz 1200 MHz 2 GB, 310 mm/12.2 inches
725 MHz 1000 MHz
850 MHz 1200 MHz 2 GB, 6x mini-DisplayPort
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