Radeon Graphics vs HD 5870

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	564	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	11
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.96	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Cypress	Renoir
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 September 2009 (14 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$125 (0.3x MSRP)	$174

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1600	448
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	188 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	42.00
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	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	IGP
Length	282 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no data

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	188 Watt	15 Watt

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