ATI Rage Fury MAXX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	693	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.01	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Rage 4
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (16 years ago)	1 October 1999 (26 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	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	8 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	no data	0.25 ×2
ROPs	no data	2 ×2
TMUs	no data	2 ×2

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	no data
Interface	no data	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	32 MB ×2
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	143 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.144 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	no data

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

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11	6.0
OpenGL	no data	1.2
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2010	1 October 1999
Chip lithography	40 nm	250 nm