Radeon HD 5870 [in 2 benchmarks]
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Radeon HD 5870
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- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 850 MHz
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
ATI started Radeon HD 5870 sales 23 September 2009 at a recommended price of $399. This is a TeraScale 2 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 282 mm. Two 6-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 188 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
5.73%
of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
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General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 5870: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 505 | |
| Value for money | 0.88 | |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | |
| GPU code name | Cypress | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 23 September 2009 (13 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Current price | $205 (0. 5x MSRP) |
of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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Technical specs
Radeon HD 5870’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 5870’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1600 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 188 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 68. 00 |
of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720.0 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon HD 5870’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 282 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 5870: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 5870. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 5870, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon HD 5870. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
ATI HD 5870
5.73
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite.
It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
ATI HD 5870
2258
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
ATI HD 5870
2530
Gaming performance
Let’s see how good Radeon HD 5870 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Radeon HD 5870’s performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
ATI Radeon HD 5970
102.27
AMD Radeon R7 250X
100.35
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
100
ATI Radeon HD 5870
100
AMD Radeon HD 6870
98.25
AMD Radeon HD 7770
96.16
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
94.24
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 5870 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 460, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
GeForce GTX
460
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Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon HD 5870:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
110.
65
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
106.63
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
100
ATI Radeon HD 5870
100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
88.83
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
85.34
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
84.64
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon HD 5870 according to our statistics.
Core i5
2400
4.2%
Core i7
720QM
2.8%
Core i7
3770
2.6%
FX
6300
1.9%
Core i5
460M
1.8%
Core i7
870
1.8%
Core i5
3570
1.6%
Core 2
Quad Q6600
1.