Radeon HD 5970
AMD graphics card · Radeon HD 5000 series · launched November 2009
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon HD 5970 launched at $599 in 2009. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $924 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 54% rise over 17 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2009 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon HD 5000 series |
| Launched | November 2009 |
| Launch price | $599 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 |
| Chip | Hemlock |
| Memory | 1 GB (also 2 MB, 2 GB, 2 MB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 128 GB/s |
| Core clock | 725 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 4.64 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 294 W (TDP) |
| Transistors | 2.2 billion |
| Die size | 334 mm² |
| Process | 40 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Tier | 90-class |
The AMD 90-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 2900 XT | 2007 | $399 | $637 | — |
| Radeon HD 2900 PRO | 2007 | $250 | $399 | — |
| Radeon HD 2900 GT | 2007 | $200 | $319 | — |
| Radeon HD 5970 | 2009 | $599 | $924 | — |
| Radeon HD 6950 | 2010 | $259 | $393 | — |
| Radeon HD 6970 | 2010 | $369 | $560 | — |
| Radeon HD 6990 | 2011 | $699 | $1,028 | — |
| Radeon HD 6930 | 2011 | $180 | $265 | — |
| Radeon HD 7970 | 2011 | $550 | $809 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 | 2012 | $450 | $649 | — |
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 2012 | $500 | $721 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | 2012 | $330 | $476 | — |
| Radeon HD 7990 | 2013 | $1,000 | $1,420 | — |
| Radeon R9 290X | 2013 | $549 | $780 | — |
| Radeon R9 290 | 2013 | $399 | $567 | — |
| Radeon R9 295X2 | 2014 | $1,499 | $2,096 | — |
Compare with
- Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition · 2010 · $479
- GeForce GTX 295 · 2009 · $499
- GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB · 2009 · $499
- GeForce 9800 GX2 · 2008 · $599
- GeForce GTX 280 · 2008 · $649
- GeForce GTX 480 · 2010 · $499
- GeForce GTX 580 · 2010 · $499
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