NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 5870
5.71

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 539% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking561121
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Value for money0.9421.00
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameCypressTuring TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 September 2009 (14 years old)6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $349
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)$397 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 has 2134% better value for money than ATI HD 5870.

Technical specs

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 cores16001920
Core clock speed850 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1620 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00201.6
Floating-point performance2,720.0 gflopsno data

Size and 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length282 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin

Memory

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 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 5870 5.71
RTX 2060 36.50
+539%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 539% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 5870 2215
RTX 2060 14150
+539%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 539% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

ATI HD 5870 2530
RTX 2060 19338
+664%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 664% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD18−20
−572%
121
+572%
1440p10−12
−660%
76
+660%
4K7−8
−614%
50
+614%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.71 36.50
Recency 23 September 2009 6 January 2019
Cost $399 $349
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 175 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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