AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and ATI Mobility 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 700 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1927 vs 1679
- Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1927 vs 1679
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 3077
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 3077
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 January 2014 vs 7 January 2010 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1927 vs 1679 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1927 vs 1679 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3563 vs 3077 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3563 vs 3077 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
- Around 39% higher pipelines: 800 vs 576
- Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2070 vs 1055
- Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2070 vs 1055
- Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 116
- Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 605
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 800 vs 576 |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2070 vs 1055 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2070 vs 1055 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 224 vs 116 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1092 vs 605 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
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| Name | AMD Radeon R6 M255DX | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17123 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1055 | 2070 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1055 | 2070 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1927 | 1679 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1927 | 1679 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3563 | 3077 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3563 | 3077 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 116 | 224 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 605 | 1092 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 8.17 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 585.971 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.86 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 20.108 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 98.606 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R6 M255DX | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | Jet | Broadway |
| Launch date | 7 January 2014 | 7 January 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 1201 | 1204 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
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| Boost clock speed | 855 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 576 | 800 |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 1,040 million |
| Floating-point performance | 1,120.0 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 28 GTexel / s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | IGP | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 1 | 0 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 64.0 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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