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.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition

AMD FireStream 9350

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