Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000) vs ATI HD 5870

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	594	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.55	no data
Power efficiency	2.12	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3+
GPU code name	Cypress	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	23 September 2009 (15 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	128
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	188 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	282 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 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

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 data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12_2
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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