ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition and AMD FireStream 9370 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 4780 MHz vs 4600 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	4780 MHz vs 4600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 228 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 228 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G2D Mark		763
PassMark - G3D Mark		2528

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cypress	Cypress
Launch date	30 June 2010	23 June 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	not rated	134
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1600	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	228 Watt	225 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.0 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4780 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5