ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition and ATI Radeon 9200 PCI 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

ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 250 MHz
68x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 4780 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	30 June 2010 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4780 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

8.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 228 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 228 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon 9200 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 7
Code name	Cypress	RV280
Launch date	30 June 2010	1 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	228 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4780 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR