ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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 Radeon X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
42.5x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 600 MHz
39.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2201 vs 56
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 412 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 September 2009 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2201 vs 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	412 vs 224

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2201

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

224

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2201	56
PassMark - G2D Mark	412	224
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Cypress	RV410
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	24 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	783	786
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity