UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) vs ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 846 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Gen. 12 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | Tiger Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 30 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $479 | no data |
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 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 228 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.72 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 80 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 279 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort | no data |
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.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 March 2010 | 30 March 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 10 nm |
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 and UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H). We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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