FirePro M8900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 688 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.00 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | Blackcomb |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 12 April 2011 (14 years ago) |
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 | 1600 | 960 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 32.64 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.306 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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).
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Bus support | no data | n/a |
| Interface | no data | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Form factor | no data | MXM-B |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 115 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 12 April 2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 75 Watt |
FirePro M8900 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 60% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and FirePro M8900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while FirePro M8900 is a mobile workstation one.
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