ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 vs ATI FirePro M5800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 and ATI FirePro M5800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6

ATI FirePro M5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1600 vs 400
5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 400
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M5800

8.8x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 228 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 228 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6	ATI FirePro M5800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cypress	Madison
Launch date	11 March 2010	1 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	520.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1600	400
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	13 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	228 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0