ATI Radeon HD 5870 videocard review

ATI Radeon HD 5870

Radeon HD 5870 videocard released by ATI; release date: 23 September 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Cypress.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Boost clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 68.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1600. Floating-point performance - 2,720.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,154 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 188 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
2216
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
412
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
1850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
18.789 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1339.688 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
1.775 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
43.496 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
245.813 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4541 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3671 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4541.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3671.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2216
PassMark - G2D Mark 412
Geekbench - OpenCL 1850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 18.789 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1339.688 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.775 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 43.496 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 245.813 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4541 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3671 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4541.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3671.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Cypress
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 23 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 799
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 1600
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 282 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity