ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI FireGL V3600
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI FireGL V3600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 14.2x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
- 13.3x more pipelines: 1600 vs 120
- 18.9x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2199 vs 180
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 399
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1755
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1755
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 23 September 2009 vs 28 June 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 68.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1600 vs 120 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720.0 gflops vs 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2199 vs 180 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 vs 399 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 1755 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 1755 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600
- 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 188 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 73 Watt vs 188 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5870 | ATI FireGL V3600 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2199 | 180 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 | 399 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 1858 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.789 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1339.688 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.775 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 43.496 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 245.813 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4541 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3671 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 | 1755 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4541 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3671 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 | 1755 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5870 | ATI FireGL V3600 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Cypress | RV630 |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 23 September 2009 | 28 June 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 770 | 771 |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720.0 gflops | 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 1600 | 120 |
| Texture fill rate | 68.0 GTexel / s | 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 188 Watt | 73 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | 390 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB / s | 16 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
Technologies |
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