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.
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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| 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 | |
