ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs AMD FireStream 9350

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition and AMD FireStream 9350 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 Mac Edition

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1440
  • Around 35% better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 2,016.0 gflops
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4780 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1600 vs 1440
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops vs 2,016.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 4780 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9350

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 228 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 228 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition AMD FireStream 9350

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Cypress Cypress
Launch date 30 June 2010 1 June 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $479
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1600 1440
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 228 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 279 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.0 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4780 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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