AMD FirePro S7100X vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and ATI Radeon HD 5870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 68.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1600
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 188 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.888 vs 18.789
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.781 vs 1.775
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 70.708 vs 43.496
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.677 vs 245.813
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 May 2016 vs 23 September 2009
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1600
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 188 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.888 vs 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.781 vs 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.708 vs 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.677 vs 245.813

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 1283.973
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 723 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1339.688 vs 1283.973

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.888
18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1283.973
1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.781
1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.708
43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
315.677
245.813
Name AMD FirePro S7100X ATI Radeon HD 5870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.888 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1283.973 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.781 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.708 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.677 245.813
PassMark - G3D Mark 2219
PassMark - G2D Mark 411
Geekbench - OpenCL 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S7100X ATI Radeon HD 5870

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Amethyst Cypress
Launch date 25 May 2016 23 September 2009
Place in performance rating 795 798
Type Workstation Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Core clock speed 723 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2048 1600
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s 68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 188 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 850 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 282 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity