ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 41% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 601 MHz
- 9.4x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
- 6.7x more pipelines: 1600 vs 240
- 9.4x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- 7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2214 vs 292
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 344
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2648
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2648
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 23 September 2009 vs 6 November 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 601 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 68.0 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1600 vs 240 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720.0 gflops vs 288.48 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2214 vs 292 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 413 vs 344 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 2648 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 2648 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
- Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 188 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 188 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5870 | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2214 | 292 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 413 | 344 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 1857 | |
| 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 | 2648 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4541 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3671 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 | 2648 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5870 | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Cypress | R600 |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 23 September 2009 | 6 November 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Place in performance rating | 781 | 784 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 601 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720.0 gflops | 288.48 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 1600 | 240 |
| Texture fill rate | 68.0 GTexel / s | 7.21 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 188 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | 720 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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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 | 1x 8-pin |
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 | 51.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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