AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7790 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 Radeon HD 7790

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 188 Watt
• Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 2199
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 416
• 8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14832 vs 1858
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.763 vs 18.789
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.646 vs 1.775
• Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 63.284 vs 43.496
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5087 vs 4541
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5087 vs 4541

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

• Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
• Around 79% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 896
• Around 52% better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
• Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 828.247
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 245.813 vs 217.744
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3671 vs 988
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2061
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3671 vs 988
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7790
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3090 2199
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	459 416
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	14832 1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.763 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	828.247 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.646 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	63.284 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	217.744 245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5087 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2061 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5087 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2061 3349

Compare specifications (specs)