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Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon HD 6870
Intro
The Radeon HD 5870 comes with a GPU core speed of 850 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1600(320x5) SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6870, which features core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1050 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1120 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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151 Watts |
| Radeon HD 5870 |
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188 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 5870 should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 6870 in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5870 |
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153600 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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134400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 5870 will be a lot (more or less 35%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6870. (explain)| Radeon HD 5870 |
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68000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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50400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 6870 is a little bit (more or less 6%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 5870, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| Radeon HD 6870 |
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28800 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5870 |
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27200 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
Radeon HD 5870Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 6870Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | Radeon HD 5870 | Radeon HD 6870 |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | September 23, 2009 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | Cypress XT | Barts XT |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 850 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Shader Speed | N/A MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz (4800 MHz effective) | 1050 MHz (4200 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 1600(320x5) | 1120 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.2 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 188 watts | 151 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 153600 MB/sec | 134400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 68000 Mtexels/sec | 50400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 27200 Mpixels/sec | 28800 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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