ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs GeForce GTX 555 OEM

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF114Cypress
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2011 (14 years ago)11 March 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$479

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 cores2881600
Core clock speed736 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt228 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3368.00
Floating-point processing power0.8479 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs4880
L1 Cache384 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed957 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI6x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

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
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 11 March 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 228 Watt

GTX 555 OEM has an age advantage of 1 year, and 52% lower power consumption.

ATI HD 5870 Eyefinity 6, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 555 OEM and Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6. We've got no test results to judge.

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