ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking758not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.69no data
Power efficiency2.47no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF116Cypress
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (14 years ago)11 March 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $479

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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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 cores1921600
Core clock speed900 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Watt228 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.8068.00
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs3280
L1 Cache256 KB160 KB
L2 Cache384 KB512 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm279 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/s1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/s153.6 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI6x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 March 2011 11 March 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 228 Watt

GTX 550 Ti has an age advantage of 1 year, and 96.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6. We've got no test results to judge.

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