ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs HD Graphics 5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking974not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.47no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3Cypress
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)11 March 2010 (14 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 cores3201600
Core clock speed200 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt228 Watt
Texture fill rate40.0068.00
Floating-point processing power0.64 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs4080

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data153.6 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent6x mini-DisplayPort

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.34.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 11 March 2010
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 228 Watt

HD Graphics 5000 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 81.8% more advanced lithography process, and 660% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5000 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 is a desktop one.


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