Arc A380M vs Radeon HD 5870

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking565not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code nameCypressDG2-128
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 September 2009 (14 years ago)24 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16001024
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00128.0
Floating-point performance2,720.0 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.1)
Length282 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz15.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s186.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 September 2009 24 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5870 and Arc A380M. We've got no test results to judge.


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