ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI 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.

ATI Radeon HD 5870

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
34x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 1600 vs 40
68x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 40 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
19.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2216 vs 113
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 304
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 September 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 40
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

12.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 188 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 408

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 188 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 408

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2216

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

431

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

304

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	431
Geekbench - OpenCL	1852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1336.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.773
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	304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	RV620
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	792	795
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1600	40
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	282 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity