ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 260
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 816 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.13 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.21 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT200 | Cypress |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 June 2008 (17 years ago) | 30 June 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $479 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | 1600 |
| Core clock speed | 576 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 228 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 36.86 | 68.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4769 TFLOPS | 2.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 28 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 160 KB |
| L2 Cache | 224 KB | 512 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 279 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 999 MHz | 1195 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 111.9 GB/s | 153.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVIHDTV | 1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 June 2008 | 30 June 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 182 Watt | 228 Watt |
GTX 260 has 25.3% lower power consumption.
ATI HD 5870 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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